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Part One: How The Southern Baptist Convention Was Taken Over By Republicans and Child Molesters
1:23:19
Published: Tue Jun 28 2022
Description
Robert is joined by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to discuss The Southern Baptist Convention. FOOTNOTES: https://religiondispatches.org/the-sbc-sexual-abuse-scandal-is-a-success-story-of-the-theological-vision-and-social-structure-implemented-by-the-conservative-resurgence/?fbclid=IwAR0iDdS0N-6WnKnIBpJbq78hx2kFWRDqdqVa2BfTFu2l5ST60CH8-fnI1bg https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/06/southern-baptists-call-off-the-culture-war/563000/ https://eji.org/news/southern-baptist-seminary-documents-history-of-racial-injustice/ https://sbts-wordpress-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/sbts/uploads/2018/12/Racism-and-the-Legacy-of-Slavery-Report-v3.pdf https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22028383-guidepost-investigation-of-the-southern-baptist-convention https://religionnews.com/2022/05/23/a-timeline-of-the-southern-baptist-conventions-sexual-abuse-crisis/ https://archive.ph/Wdf1U https://archive.ph/KTRei https://churchleaders.com/news/426195-sbc-reckoning-sexualabuse-reforms-missions-budget.html https://churchleaders.com/news/382384-jesus-white-southerner-great-commission-baptists.html https://churchleaders.com/news/377251-greear-doesnt-want-to-use-a-slaveholders-gavel-anymore.html https://churchleaders.com/news/339544-339544-sbcs-flagship-seminary-releases-report-detailingracist-past.html/2 https://www.baptiststandard.com/news/baptists/southern-baptists-resolve-to-love-the-transgendersinner/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/southern-baptist-convention-trans-people-dont-exist https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/southern-baptist-convention-2021-offers-trump-critical-race-theorylitmus-n1270825 https://www.newsweek.com/southern-baptist-convention-dodges-critical-race-theory-fight-electsmoderate-ed-litton-1601064 https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/how-southern-baptists-became-pro-life/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2017/06/pro-slavery-history-southern-baptists/ https://www.edweek.org/education/southern-baptists-exhort-parents-to-monitor-teaching-onhomosexuality/2005/07 https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/southern-baptists-hit-bybombshell-report-on-sexual-abuse.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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