EC fully funds independent review, delays privilege vote; AAEO passes $2 billion

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Episode #342

The SBC Executive Committee met this week in Nashville and conducted business. Among the items approved as a $500,000 authorization for legal fees as it begins its independent review with GuidePost Solutions. Also, NAMB president Kevin Ezell announced that the all-time AAEO giving total has surpassed $2 billion.

News Recap

• TRUSTEES: EC responds to task force, authorizes funding at September meeting – https://bit.ly/39yXdrL
• EC adopts motion to fund contract with Guidepost, delays waiving privilege – https://bit.ly/3u7sHid
• SBC EC allocates $500,000 for sex abuse legal fees, initiates conflict of interest review – https://bit.ly/3kE2iW6
• Litton urges Executive Committee to regain trust of Southern Baptists – https://bit.ly/3u8FEbr
• Task Force chair addresses Executive Committee, discusses client-attorney privilege – https://bit.ly/3kFwe4l
• Generous missions giving, biblical authority spotlight entity reports – https://bit.ly/3zxS65K
• Stacy Bramlett elected SBC Executive Committee vice chair – https://bit.ly/3kAe9Ey
• Pastor calls for week of fasting, prayer for EC crisis – https://bit.ly/2XNbY7B
• EC members grieved by recent meeting, optimistic about possible solution – https://bit.ly/3AG7JJF
• Annie Armstrong Offering surpasses cumulative $2 billion – https://bit.ly/3ADQ3i1
• ‘Fill the Tank’ brings 1,600 baptisms in North Carolina – https://bit.ly/3kz8T4a
• Suspected arson a reminder of Nashville church’s mission – https://bit.ly/2XKO7W8

This Week in SBC History

• Southern Baptist Teletype Romances
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/2085,23-Sep-1965.pdf
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/1177,10-Aug-1961.pdf
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/1646,11-Oct-1962.pdf

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Resources of the Week

• Amy: Taylor Leonhardt: Hold Still
• Jonathan: LMCO resources