Christa Brown

The Road to Hell Runs Through the ACNA ... and it's paved with religious leaders' abuses and coverups

The road to hell. It runs through the Southern Baptist Convention. It runs through the Assemblies of God. And now we see it runs through the ACNA, too.

It's a road that's paved with religious leaders' abuses & coverups. #ChurchToo #ACNAtoo #ThisistheSBC
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‘Exvangelical’ women are leaving their churches. But is it decline or renewal? (RNS) — Dissenting former evangelical Christian women are forging a path different from those who have left the church in the decades-long decline in institutional faith.

Check out my story about "exvangelical" women leaving the church because of politics, patriarchy, abuse and the treatment of LGBTQ people. Some have left the faith; others want to reclaim it. #exvangelicals #evangelicals religionnews.com/2025/10/28/e...

Matt Queen's return to the pastorate sends a message – Baptist News Global In October 2024, Matt Queen pled guilty to lying to the FBI in a sexual abuse investigation, and now, just a year later, Queen has been hired as associate pastor at a prominent Southern Baptist church...

"Even a criminal conviction will not deter the recycling of an abuse cover-upper into another position of trust as a Southern Baptist pastor."

My column today. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
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‘Exvangelical’ women are leaving their churches. But is it decline or renewal? (RNS) — Dissenting former evangelical Christian women are forging a path different from those who have left the church in the decades-long decline in institutional faith.

Women are leaving evangelicalism in droves. Why? Patriarchy, abuse, mistreatment of LGBTQ people, and evangelicalism's fusion with Trumpism.

The voices of women shine in this article by @mjfoster6.bsky.social, and I'm proud to be included. #exvangelical

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From "Baptistland" by
@christabrown.bsky.social

"If anything, when it comes to 2026, I worry more about the limits of my imagination than about the hazards of speculation." - @dgraham.bsky.social

Opinion | For Shame, North Carolina. For Shame.

"When Trump says 'Jump!' Vance says, 'How high — and would you like to see how many air kisses I can blow you as I lift off?'" - @frankabruni.bsky.social

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This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America Fi...

When the law prohibits teachers from portraying individuals of a certain race as being racist, then how should teachers explain the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?

It's a dilemma for Oklahoma teachers.

Meanwhile, OK ranks near-bottom for student performance.
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"Whatever school tried to say was spiritual, we found a hundred-fold in the wilderness we lived adjacent to." - @mollymckew.bsky.social

A moving tribute to the sublime beauty of America and to its sacred spaces. ⬇️

🚨 BOMBSHELL: Federal judges caught the U.S. government lying in over 35 court cases; falsified records, fake declarations, and sworn statements built on fiction.

This isn’t clerical error. It’s institutional deceit.
Even legal scholars now say it looks intentional.

📺 60 Minutes | 🔗 cbsn.ws/3J8a6yA

ICE raids at domestic violence shelters. Cruel and despicable.

Most Americans now see Trump as a dangerous dictator – Baptist News Global After months of data collection and analysis, we at PRRI have just released our 16th annual American Values Survey, conducted in partnership with our colleagues E.J. Dionne Jr. and Bill Galston at the...

56% of Americans now agree that “President Trump is a potentially dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy.”

From @prri.org & @robertpjones.bsky.social
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Matt Queen's Return to the Pastorate Sends a Message: Sexual Abuse Coverup? No Big Deal In October 2024, Matt Queen pled guilty to lying to the FBI in a sexual abuse investigation, and now, just a year later, Queen has been hired as a staff pastor at a prominent Southern Baptist church.

A Southern Baptist pastor who lied to the FBI and falsified evidence in a sexual abuse probe has been returned to leadership in a prominent Southern Baptist church. The message it sends: Sexual abuse coverup? No big deal.

My latest: christabrown.substack.com/p/matt-queen...

#ThisistheSBC

Bruce Springsteen Endorses No Kings Movement: 'All Hell Is Breaking Loose in the United States'

“Despite how terribly damaged America has been recently, that country and those ideals remain worth fighting for."

What happened to all the art, furniture and priceless historical treasures that were in the East Wing?

Did Trump just give it away to his buddies? Is it at Mar-a-Lago? Did Jared and Ivana just help themselves to it?

No one knows

Trump's Overreach: Highlights from PRRI's 16th Annual American Values Survey Most Americans now see Trump as a dangerous dictator.

“Majorities of Republicans & white evangelical Protestants continue to back President Trump… but most other Americans hold unfavorable views… Notably, 56% of Americans—including two thirds of political independents—view Trump as a ‘dangerous dictator.’”

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Oh how I love this for her. 😂

The #Liz48 Plan: This Is How We Remove Them—Legally, Quickly, and Nonviolently The way to get rid of Trump—and his entire corrupt, inept Administration—is to cut the line of presidential succession. Here's the entire ten-step process.

“This is what we’ve become. It’s a shit-show—literally.”

But @gregolear.bsky.social offers a roadmap for a path back to normalcy. And even if you think these 10 steps could never happen, this is something we all need to be thinking about: a plan.

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He's Southern Baptist. Biblically- shrouded duplicity is in the DNA. Ditto with the concealment of sexual abuse. #ThisistheSBC

If I were ever elected president, the first thing I’d do is take a sledgehammer to that ballroom.

My International Classmates Sensed the Danger of Trump a Decade Ago In June 2015, when Donald Trump descended that golden escalator at Trump Tower, it marked the beginning of our nation’s descent into authoritarianism.

"Is it possible? Could America really elect a man like Trump?" This is what my international classmates asked 10 yrs ago as Trump was ramping up his candidacy.

"Yes, I think it's possible," I said. They were aghast. They sensed the danger.

My column: christabrown.substack.com/p/my-interna...

Why Trump Turned to the Sewer The president’s disturbing, excremental propaganda campaign

Trump's AI video, showing himself as a pilot dumping shit on Americans, fits right in to a long authoritarian tradition

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It takes me by surprise to see my book cited in an obituary for former Southern Baptist Convention CEO Morris Chapman. But I'm grateful this aspect of Chapman's legacy was not sidestepped - his betrayal of clergy sex abuse survivors & his keeping of a secret list of clergy abusers. #ThisistheSBC

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

"Our nation is heading down a very dark path. But it’s not too late to change direction. If you believe in this country now is the time to refuse to ferry its destruction for a tainted livelihood."

A powerful reflection by Miles Bruner (via @thebulwark.com).
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

Thank you for the solidarity, Madrid!

For love of America. For love of the Constitution. For love of our neighbors. For love of our children and grandchildren. #NoKings

Thank you, Canada! #NoKings

Thank you, Melbourne, for your solidarity!

The patriot's glossary of MAGAtarian doublespeak, part 1 – Baptist News Global Trump and his MAGA movement have waged an all-out war on the very idea that there are such things in the world as facts, reality and truth.

A "Patriot's Glossary of MAGAtarian doublespeak." Just what we all need! Thanks to @robertpjones.bsky.social for giving us part 1 of the glossary now, in honor of #NoKings Day.

"May we hold onto the truth." Amen.
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