On one side of America's largest Protestant denomination, a vanguard of conservatives seeks to beat back what’s viewed as a move toward “wokeness.” On the other, the church’s establishment has adopted a conciliatory approach on progressive social issues.
On one side is a hardcore vanguard of conservatives seeking to beat back what's viewed as a move toward"wokeness." On the other is the SBC establishment that's adopted a more conciliatory approach on progressive social issues such as Black Lives Matter, critical race theory and ordaining female ministers -- all in an attempt to attract a broader group of adherents.
Stone has criticized the church leadership's adoption in 2019 of a nonbinding resolution that accepted critical race theory as a useful tool for understanding systemic racism -- though the resolution reaffirmed"Scripture as the first, last, and sufficient authority with regard to how the Church seeks to redress social ills.
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