SBC conservatives and Oliver North shared an ends-justify-means ethos

Evidence

Conservatives in the SBC had skirted conventions and eschewed niceties in order to wrest control of the denomination, just as North had skirted the rule of law in order to pursue a greater good. For both, the ends justified the means. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 273

Categorization

• XREF: Supports the continuity-not-hypocrisy thesis by showing a militant ethos was already operative in denominational politics well before the Trump era.