Jeff Iorg, the president of a California seminary, has been unanimously elected as the new President/CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee. This decision comes after a long search and is seen as a significant move for the organization. In related developments, there are concerns regarding the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and its handling of funds. Specifically, there is controversy over the decision to redirect $250k initially allocated for the Benkert Study on abuse to an unaccountable nonprofit, which has raised issues of mismanagement and potential undermining of protocol within the Southern Baptist Convention.
Southern Baptists pick California seminary president to lead troubled administrative body https://t.co/S0vVD5DxEx
Did @LeatherwoodERLC promise Josh Wester he could have this $250k that the ERLC was sitting on? Why didn’t the ERLC follow through on their original promise/intention? Broken promises, mismanagement, and borderline embezzlement here. https://t.co/4BKMIJFGtI
Game this out: 1. 2021 @ERLC budgets $250k CP funds for abuse study per messenger vote-"the most important vote" said Chair Prince 2. 2024 @ERLC Board to transfer $250k CP funds to ARITF 3. 2024 ARITF leaders establish unaccountable nonprofit (ARC), claim SBC donors will fund. https://t.co/LrP7VVtqic
Wow, this must be stopped. Completely inappropriate and unaccountable use of CP funds here by the @ERLC and @LeatherwoodERLC CC: @Jeff_Iorg Some backstory: The Benkert study was supposed to be a big deal. Former ERLC trustee Chairman David Prince called it “Most important… https://t.co/mkLEV69Wdz https://t.co/jAgLF6dbcE
Hearing @ERLC Board voted to direct *$250k* set aside for Benkert Study to ARTIF to funnel to unaccountable ARC. The @SBCExecComm & @Jeff_Iorg should stop this undermining of messengers & protocol. New convention work requires a messenger vote.
Congratulations to @Jeff_Iorg for his unanimous selection as the new President/CEO of the @SBCExecComm It’s encouraging to see them land on Dr. Iorg after a long search. And Southern Baptists really dodged a bullet with one of the previous candidates in particular. https://t.co/6BVoqeVm8u
From @BaptistPress: Jeff Iorg elected to lead SBC Executive Committee https://t.co/AYFPCPRTeD
Tomorrow the Executive Committee will meet in Dallas and vote on Jeff Iorg as EC CEO. Tomorrow the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission will meet via zoom to discuss many matters, including my motion at the SBC Annual Meeting in NOLA. + https://t.co/2lD2Y3toHl
Congrats to Tim Jackson on being named the new executive director of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. Let's all rejoice that someone with Las Vegas ties was picked to lead a group whose members are mostly in the South.