OK, y’all. Dance in the aisles with me. Barring anything out of the ordinary, I’m planning for this post to be my last Southern Baptist Convention-related content for quite a while. Thanks for hanging in there with me over the past few months of my wall to wall coverage of SBC shenanigans, especially if you’re not Southern Baptist (You people are just gluttons for punishment, aren’t you? :0) ).
Thank you for your prayers as (and after!) I attended the SBC annual meeting in Anaheim last month. The absolute best part of the trip was spending time with my daughter (who went with me and represented her church), the other members of my church family who went as messengers, and dear friends from other parts of the country whom I don’t get to see very often.
Also phenomenal was getting to meet so many of you who also attended and took time out of your busy schedules to stop by one of my “pop up meet & greets” to say hello. There are still many good, godly people in the SBC, and it was a pleasure and an encouragement to chat with you.
With my sweet friend, Jen Buck. 
coral aloe 
yellow hibiscus 
She finally got the window seat she wanted! 
By now, most of you have probably heard about the more publicized “highlights” of the Convention (such as Rick Warren’s ode to himself – Ick. Don’t get me started.) But I didn’t want to walk away from this whole thing and leave a bunch of loose ends. So let’s box everything up neatly with a little wrap up before we stick SBC22 on the closet shelf way, way, waaaay back there in the corner.
Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down and discussing my experience at the annual meeting with one of my pastors, Travis McNeely, for his new podcast, At the Crossroads. (You might remember I’ve featured some of Travis’ excellent work before.) Be sure to go subscribe to At the Crossroads on Travis’ YouTube channel or on your favorite podcast platform.
I think the previous episode Travis released – with another of my pastors, Laramie Minga, about his SBC22 experience – is excellent. You’ll want to listen in as Laramie talks about the worship and music aspect of the annual meeting along with his encounter with a female senior “pastor” of an SBC church, along with her two female deacons, who were representing their church as messengers in Anaheim.
In addition to these, if you’d like further details and more perspectives on SBC22, I commend to you the following:
Additional Resources
Watch the entirety of SBC22 on Baptist Press’ YouTube channel
Thinking Out Loud at A Word Fitly Spoken
Californication: Anaheim, the SBC, and Spiritual Adultery by Allen Nelson
The Liberal Drift of the Southern Baptist Convention (Part 1) (Part 2) by Gabriel Hughes SBC22 Recap – Encouragements and Disappointments with Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden
Is it time to leave the Southern Baptist Convention? And, what’s a secondary issue? by Elizabeth Prata
Will Egalitarianism Rule the SBC? by Josh Buice
Will Feminists Win the Pulpit? by Virgil Walker
Michelle Lesley 
Actually I’ve been finding the series rather interesting since our church does activities with the SBC here in town. Thank you for taking the time to post this series. And what is that yummy deliciousness I’m seeing? By the way, you have a very beautiful daughter. She looks just like you!
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Thank you, Regina, you’re very kind.
That was the “popsicle” I got from the popsicle bar. If I’m remembering correctly, it was a peanut butter gelato dipped in dark chocolate and rolled in hazelnuts. The drink was a frozen strawberry lemonade. I thoroughly enjoyed both. :0)
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