Christ Over All 5.19 David Schrock, Trent Hunter, & Stephen Wellum • Interview • “Seeking a Convention That Is Not Southern Baptist In Name Only: How to Regain Trust, Rebuild the Trustee System . . . "
Mar 30, 2026
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ABOUT THE EPISODE
Listen in as Trent Hunter and Stephen Wellum interview David Schrock on his COA Longform Essay, "Seeking a Convention That Is Not Southern Baptist In Name Only: How to Regain Trust, Rebuild the Trustee System, and Avoid an Impending Exodus of Vocal Conservatives"
Timestamps
- 00:45 – Intro
- 02:15 – Each COA Member’s SBC Biography
- 08:08 – Why Is COA Doing this Month?
- 12:50 – What 2 or 3 Articles From This Month are Recommended?
- 15:22 – Recognizing Leaders Whose Humility Regains Trust
- 20:50 – Applying Theology to the SBC Issues
- 25:46 – Recruiting Trustees Who Will Hold Entities Accountable
- 28:34 – The Baptist Courier Ad
- 29:50 – Accountability for Trustees
- 34:08 – Trustee Selection
- 36:00 – Reorganizing the Convention to Magnify Trust
- 44:14 – What Should SBC Messengers Be Looking For Between Now and Orlando?
- 51:32 – Walking in a Spirit of Cooperation/Outro
Resources to Click
- “Seeking a Convention That Is Not Southern Baptist In Name Only: How to Regain Trust, Rebuild the Trustee System, and Avoid an Impending Exodus of Vocal Conservatives” – David Schrock
- “Southern Baptists warm to alternate moniker ‘Great Commission Baptists’” – Adelle M. Banks
- “Under Reconstruction: How the Egalitarian Beachball Wrecks the Household of God” – Christ Over All
- “Creeds, Confessions, and Cooperation: The Basis of Our Unity” – Christ Over All
- “The Ethics & Religious Liberty Conundrum” – Christ Over All
- “More Money Than Men: The NAMB Church Planting Problem” – Michael Clary
- “Whoever Holds the Purse Holds the Strings: The Financial Plan that Could End the SBC” – Rhett Burns
- “What’s Trusty About SBC Trustees: Does Trustee Training Fix Ailing Entities or Institutionalize Passivity?” – Jon Whitehead
- “Why Baptists Must Recover the Order of Love” – Alex Kocman
- “One Sacred Effeminacy: The Cooperative Longhouse And the Great Feminization of the SBC” – Doug Ponder
- “14 Clint Pressley, David Schrock, and Stephen Wellum: ‘The SBC: A Presidential Perspective with Clint Pressley’” – Christ Over All
- “16 Josh Powell, David Schrock, and Stephen Wellum: ‘Getting to Know SBC Presidential Candidate Josh Powell’” – Christ Over All
- “17 Willy Rice, David Schrock, and Stephen Wellum: ‘Getting to Know SBC Presidential Candidate Willy Rice’” – Christ Over All
- “What Is the Cause of Our Divisions? Social Media and Other Strategies for Effecting Positive Change in the SBC” – David Schrock
- “The Attempt to Clarify Resolution 9” – Tom Ascol
- “Stewardship of Our SBC Land” – Mark Coppenger
- “‘Too Busy with Woke Stuff’: The All Too (In)Visible and Inconsequential ERLC” – Megan Basham
- “New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Michels’ Iron Law of Oligarchy and the SBC” – Joshua Abbotoy
- By What Standard? God’s World, God’s Rules – Founders Ministries
- How the SBC Got Played – Crosspolitic Studios
- X post by Cuatro Nelson (@cuatronelson), “On Sunday, we officially voted to leave the Southern Baptist Convention…,” September 18, 2025
- “We Don’t Like Theology, Do We? Three Reflections from the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention” – David Schrock
- “The SBC Isn’t Drifting—It’s Being Steered: A Sober-Minded Response to Emotional Sabotage” – Michael Carlino
- “Greear Announces Most Diverse Ever Committee on Committees” – Brent Hobbs
- “The Great Commission Resurgence Debate” – Trevin Wax
- Theme of the Month: Can the Center Hold? The Southern Baptist Convention in the 21st Century
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Books to Read