EC meeting recap; ERLC search committee update

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Episode #366

The SBC Executive Committee met this week and took steps to correct its handling of a report of sex abuse from 2019. It also elected a presidential search team and passed some budgetary matters.

News Recap

• TRUSTEES: EC works through messenger motions, funding for abuse investigation – https://bit.ly/35qYv9F
• EC increases allocation for legal fees, Guidepost investigation – https://bit.ly/3pfKbYF
• NAMB seeks to join collegiate ministry efforts – https://bit.ly/3pg6XiX
• EC signals long-term commitment to addressing sexual abuse – https://bit.ly/3vh5CMt
• ‘Must be a reckoning’: sex abuse survivors respond to SBC Executive Committee statement – https://bit.ly/3PS5fAa
• SBC Executive Committee approves resolution with sexual abuse survivor – https://bit.ly/3phD2Xz
• Litton stresses ‘removing stains’ of the SBC in EC address – https://bit.ly/3JS1Jlk
• McLaurin calls EC to servanthood and Lordship of Jesus Christ – https://bit.ly/3JVnocw
• Search team formed to fill SBC Executive Committee president and CEO post – https://bit.ly/3M2DJO6
• Search for president progressing, ERLC trustees told – https://bit.ly/350ZJbT
• Nickelodeon ‘Kid of the Year’ nominee wants to protect God’s creation – https://bit.ly/3M1gIuZ

This Week in SBC History

• Straw Poll to Determine Need for Name Change
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/2552,22-Feb-1968.pdf

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Resources of the Week

• Amy: SBC Wordle – SBC22.net
• Jonathan: Discounted Disney Tickets for SBC22 – sbcannualmeeting.net/disney