ERLC VP pressured Tom Ascol, Josh Buice not to release Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel

SBTS administration discouraged faculty from signing statement

(Capstone Report) Southern Baptist Elites pressured initial signers of a statement against Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality in a failed attempt to stop the release of the now famous Dallas Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel. Other top Southern Baptist leaders including Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) administration pressured conservative faculty not to sign the statement.

Before release of the Dallas Statement against the analytical tools of Identity Politics, then Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) Executive Vice President Phillip Bethancourt called Dr. Tom Ascol and Dr. Josh Buice. Dr. Ascol related the conversation during a presentation at the Great Awokening Conference hosted by Sovereign Nations in Tampa, Florida, tonight. (See video of entire presentation embedded below.)

The phone conversation between Bethancourt of the ERLC, Ascol and Buice of the Dallas Statement took place “shortly before the statement’s release,” according to Dr. Ascol. View article →

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Progressive (Social Justice) “Christianity”

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