SBC Weekly Roundup: Countdown to Orlando | Ep.6

Apr 3, 2026

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SBC Weekly Roundup: Countdown to Orlando | Ep.6

In this special "SBC Weekly Roundup" edition of the CBL Podcast, William Wolfe and Jon Whitehead break down a seismic week in Southern Baptist life—new seminary and ERLC presidents, the future of Baptist politics, and a behind-the-scenes immigration info op. Hard-hitting, insider analysis for conservatives gearing up for Orlando and determined to reform the SBC from within.

Read Jon Whitehead's X Thread exposing the Immigration Info Op:

https://x.com/jrwhitehead/status/2039186576719089678?s=20

Timestamps:

0:00 – Welcome & Mission of CBL

0:39 – Seismic News! Major changes throughout SBC

4:07 – “Changing of the Guard” in SBC Leadership

4:50 – Is Scott Pace a good choice at Southeastern?

10:33 – What Should Change at Southeastern?

11:54 – Walter Strickland, Wokeness, and DEI Debates

13:57 – Who Is Evan Lenow? ERLC’s Surprise Pick

24:16 – How Grassroots Reform Forced Change at the ERLC

32:02 – Can the ERLC Be Fixed? Staff, Trustees & Strategy

43:32 – Immigration, Lifeway Misleading Polls, and the SBC “Info Op”

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