Three of the vaccines required by the IMB include cultured cells that derive from aborted fetal tissues. In simpler terms, one of the foundational components of these vaccines are aborted baby cells. There are no secondary option for these vaccines; that option simply doesn’t exist. If you want to go to the nations with the IMB, you and your children are required to get these vaccines. This is something that many Christians will reject out of a pro-life framework — if they know about it. This issue required a little more research and care, and my treatment of it will be coming out soon.

Rosaria Butterfield says it’s the most important book of our age. And now, the curriculum is published. If you want to train Christians to think biblically, and to enjoy Christ through God’s design, you can order here: drjaredmoore.com/p/curriculu… #SBC26

The Southern Baptist Convention exists for cooperation in the church's mission: making disciples of Jesus. Cultural renewal is downstream from that. Don't let the cultural tail wag the ecclesial dog.

Wives absolutely leave their abusive husbands because of their love (and need to protect) their children. This is exactly what has occurred, and is occurring within Southern Baptist churches. Women (and the men who love them) are leaving the church in droves, because it is abusive to God's daughters. They are finding churches that more appropriately follow the teachings of Christ and Christianity. Btw, if you know Beth at all, you know that "hate" is the furthest emotion from her heart.

Dear @Jeff_Iorg, if sharing the gospel and discipleship are all that matters, then we don’t need an Executive Committee, because the committee disciples no one. Stop lecturing the churches, those who actually do the evangelism and discipleship. #SBC26

Those in the SBC who think I no longer should have anything to say about the SBC profoundly underestimate the power of love. I’d served southern Baptist women for 40 years by the time I left. And when I left, I left directly on their behalf because it became disturbingly clear to me that the SBC as an entity was more interested in protecting shepherds than the sheep entrusted to their care. When protecting the pulpit from women becomes a far greater priority than protecting women (& children) from an abusive pulpit, something is wrong. Which has been the greater problem: women trying to become your senior pastors or pastors misusing or abusing women? My biggest concern is that what happened with the CRT witch-hunt will happen now in regard to women. The overreach resulted in numerous pastors, teachers and professors dropping the immensely important biblical teachings against racism rather than risk being accused of CRT. I heard from pastors at that time who preached against racism and already had emails Monday morning from people in their congregation accusing them of CRT. Because the difference wasn’t clarified, they lumped all of it into the one category. The aim became: shut every mouth to shut some mouths. I pled for SBC seminary presidents and leaders to please clarify to pastors and teachers and, thereby, to congregations & students what qualified as CRT and what indeed was the proper and deeply rooted and needed biblical approach to anti-gospel racism. Crickets. I see the same potential here. I have never once fought for SBC women to take over church pulpits. I have esteemed and supported the role of male senior pastors. My own pastors would tell you that. If you think I was in the SBC trying to lead a revolution against men, you are clearly not familiar with my materials. What I believed then and believe now is that God has called both men and women to serve their churches and communities and proclaim the gospel. He has poured out his Holy Spirit on men AND on women, calling them to broadcast the good news. You have beaten the drum loudly about what women in SBC churches cannot do. So, what CAN they do? Clarity here is essential. What is a woman to do who has been gifted BY GOD to teach the Bible, especially if her church has moved to the community group model and there is no Sunday school to teach? Here is what I see on the horizon. If you leave these matters involving women so vague that it becomes about pastoral roles/actions rather than the title of pastor, it will shift to the subjective rather than objective. I wish I was naïve enough to think that wasn’t the point to some of these leaders but, sadly, I’m not. What if that senior pastor doesn’t allow a woman on the prayer team to pray over people at the end of the service because he deems she is acting pastorally? What if the pastor sees that a woman’s Sunday school class of WOMEN is getting, in his estimation, a little too big? Can he just decide she acting pastorally and remove her from the role? Can she counsel people with her God-given wisdom and knowledge or would she be acting pastorally? The examples could go on and on. And, of course, I realize many would not use their positions to disesteem women but surely you and I both know countless others would. God only knows how many unqualified, unloving, mean-spirited men are in pastoral positions but the obsession remains the women. I have no desire to see SBC women leave the denomination. I loved and flourished in that denomination. I want them to be able to flourish in their spiritual gifts. I want them to be esteemed in their serving inside and outside their homes. I want them to be able to serve Jesus and proclaim his glorious gospel. I know I’m going to get hit here. That’s fine. But you should know I will fight for them to the death. Because I love them. And, yes, whether they love me or not.

Disappointed to report that my amendment seeking to specifically include and honor @CharlieKirk in Resolution 6 on “Political Violence and Speech” was rejected by the SBC. The Resolutions Committee, for some reason, did not want Southern Baptists to honor Charlie Kirk like this

So from my understanding the SBC acknowledges MLK JR and his assassination but not Charlie Kirk ?

Praise the Lord! SBC bans women pastors, agrees with God, and are freed up to move forward faithfully in the Great Commission. Wonderful!

Mohler amendment passes with a 2/3 majority! Now we just need to do it again next year.

I've known that messenger all my life. He goes to a very small church in the Pacific Northwest. He knows the difficulty in going to far flung meetings. His point that it should be convenient to as many low resource SBC churches as possible is selfless and comes from experience.