It's been a turbulent few months for the Southern Baptist Convention. The SBC is the largest evangelical institution in America, representing 47,000 churches and about 14 million members. But in May, it was revealed some of its now former executives had ignored hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse in Southern Baptist churches for decades. When SBC members elected a new president in June, they turned to a small-town, Texas pastor named Bart Barber to lead them.
Ryan Burge: They actually kept a list of over 700 names of people who had been credibly accused. What they said, though, is,"We couldn't give that to the churches because local churches have autonomy in who they hire and fire for pastors. We can't tell them they can't hire this person." Bart Barber: That's not a strong enough word. We didn't just ignore them. Sometimes we impugned their motives. Sometimes we attacked them. The reason why I'm president of the Southern Baptist Convention is because our churches do not agree with that and have taken action to correct those things.
Anderson Cooper: Bart Barber told us that he doesn't believe the election was rigged. He does believe that Joe Biden was duly elected the President of the United States. Bart Barber: Yeah. I, I did not vote for President Trump in 2016. And that lays out my rationale for that pretty well.Bart Barber: The way he treated women that had been documented at that point. Uh, I thought that-- a lot of the rhetoric about immigration was wrongful. A lot of Southern Baptists thought that the rhetoric about immigration was wrongful.Bart Barber: Talkin' about legal immigration.Bart Barber: I embrace it. I'm-- I'm thankful for people who have immigrated.
Bart Barber: I'll just say this-- I wanna be driven by the principles of Jesus Christ. And-- that does not involve mob violence. I-- I don't-- I don't support that. Anyone who does support that-- I'm less likely to vote for them because of their support for that. Bart Barber: There is nothing that would prevent me from voting for Mike Pence in a primary.
Support for the separation of church and state was a foundational principle for Baptists who faced religious persecution in England and Anderson Cooper: There was just the case recently, a ten-year-old girl who's raped, barred from having an abortion in Ohio. Was able to obtain one in-- in Indiana. I mean, this is a, a little girl who, she has a right to life too.Bart Barber: I do.Bart Barber: I think, um, I don't want that to sound like I don't have tremendous compassion for her and her circumstance. I wish we could put an end to ten-year-olds being raped.
Anderson Cooper really, really wanted him to say he loves gay people.
Yeah democracy is at stake cause Democrats have control that's a fact
Everyone should. The entire country should spesk out about political extremism and political overpowering. Americans will struggle with basic needs, basic comforts, and small pleasures. Bearocrats are escalating simple arguments into speech bombs, 'Wars of Powers'.
Le hyprocrisy. 🧐☕
he made me sick !
Never thought I would say this about a Baptist. I don't agree with his stance on LGBTQ+, but everything else he said made sense.
I never have and never will vote for trump, * Deal with That.*
Interesting watching Anderson Cooper being respectful to a homophobic charismatic cult leader.
Bart needs to go away. Monster
And andersoncooper could not hide his own political/personal views. Poorly done 60Minutes. Journalism is lost.
There was very little said about the sexual abuse scandal and what Southern Baptists are doing about it (or still not doing about it)
Gross
HIS political extremism. Oh, and please, if you speak to him again, tell him I'd drop my kid off at a drag show long before I drop them off at a Southern Baptist Church. TaxTheChurches
You all claim to protect democracy yet anytime a republican wins any election you say it's because of the Russians. You all are so obvious in your attempt to take over.
Agreed with every word he said
BartBarber of the SBC is free to say whatever. So is the Imam at our local mosque. And the rabbi at our temple. Why do evangelicals keep forgetting that?
Neo-Nazis have finally replaced their “sieg heil” chant with the much more palatable phrase “Vote Republican.”
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