“The slanted article seems to show the SBC doing this sort of thing in a vacuum.”
I don’t know for sure. Although we attend an SBC church now because the preaching is the best we’ve found here, we don’t typically “do” SBC. Our pastor said he went to Nashville meeting where Saddleback was the main topic of discussion, and the attendees were NOT happy about it. I guess TPTB there got the message.
Your post confirms then what I’ve suspected. SBC was pruning off a sick grape vine branch to maintain the health of the whole vine. SBC fearing another “Beth Moore” upstaging then flame out!