The Southern Baptist Convention punished its most prominent Trump critic

Evidence

Russell Moore found his job in jeopardy when more than one hundred SBC churches threatened to withhold donations unless he resigned. (When Trump invited evangelical leaders to a Rose Garden ceremony to celebrate his executive order on religious freedom, Moore was not in attendance—a matter of grave concern to members of his denomination looking for access and influence.) Moore retained his position, but only after undertaking an extensive “apology tour” to expiate the unflattering things he had said about Trump and his evangelical supporters. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 604

Categorization

• SHARE: Concrete institutional detail — SBC churches weaponized donations against Russell Moore — worth sending to someone following denominational politics.
• SEED: Angle: how institutional funding structures suppress internal dissent in religious bodies, using the Moore case.