Christa Brown
@christabrown.bsky.social
Author of BAPTISTLAND | Exposing the truth about systemic abuse & coverups in the Southern Baptist Convention | retired appellate attorney | #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo | christabrown.substack.com
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Christa Brown
@christabrown.bsky.social
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Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation
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Hello! If you want to learn more about me, here's a start: www.vice.com/en/article/t... Then check out my memoir BAPTISTLAND, illuminating how faith can be twisted for domination & control. Fits with the times, eh? It's also about resistance & resilience. #Baptistland www.amazon.com/Baptistland-...
Thanks, California!
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Thanks, California!
The Trump regime plans to ramp up its child deportation campaign with a call center in Nashville. It expects to receive 6000 to 7000 calls per day regarding the location of minors.
This is where we're at -- seeking informants for the targeting of children.
baptistnews.com/article/trum...
This is where we're at -- seeking informants for the targeting of children.
baptistnews.com/article/trum...
Trump plans call center in Nashville to deport children – Baptist News Global
ICE plans to escalate the Trump administration’s child deportation campaign with a call center in Nashville, Tenn.
baptistnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The Trump regime plans to ramp up its child deportation campaign with a call center in Nashville. It expects to receive 6000 to 7000 calls per day regarding the location of minors.
This is where we're at -- seeking informants for the targeting of children.
baptistnews.com/article/trum...
This is where we're at -- seeking informants for the targeting of children.
baptistnews.com/article/trum...
In Virginia's election last week, 7% of prior Trump voters voted Democrat. This means that 7% of people who voted for Trump just a year ago switched & voted for a Democratic governor.
Thanks to @robertpjones.bsky.social for this hopeful bit of data.
Thanks to @robertpjones.bsky.social for this hopeful bit of data.
ICYMI--the 2025 election results confirm that an authoritarian future is not inevitable, and how important the midterm elections are one year from now.
Latest podcast episode just posted! Our take on the meaning of the 2025 election results: the surprising, the practical, and the big picture.
@jemartisby.bsky.social
@dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
@robertpjones.bsky.social
@kkdumez.bsky.social
convocation.substack.com/p/the-most-i...
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@dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
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convocation.substack.com/p/the-most-i...
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In Virginia's election last week, 7% of prior Trump voters voted Democrat. This means that 7% of people who voted for Trump just a year ago switched & voted for a Democratic governor.
Thanks to @robertpjones.bsky.social for this hopeful bit of data.
Thanks to @robertpjones.bsky.social for this hopeful bit of data.
"One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver."
Among the 60+ people killed since the US military began attacking boats.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Among the 60+ people killed since the US military began attacking boats.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver."
Among the 60+ people killed since the US military began attacking boats.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Among the 60+ people killed since the US military began attacking boats.
apnews.com/article/trum...
"The story of Christian nationalists & Trump, of feverish devotion to an authoritarian figure thought to be anointed by God, of a refusal to question that authority...was there all along. It is the story of American evangelicalism..." - @sarahposner.bsky.social
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/tradi...
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/tradi...
Traditional Media Never Took the Christian Right Seriously
Back in the early 2000s, when we were outraged by the excesses...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"The story of Christian nationalists & Trump, of feverish devotion to an authoritarian figure thought to be anointed by God, of a refusal to question that authority...was there all along. It is the story of American evangelicalism..." - @sarahposner.bsky.social
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/tradi...
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/tradi...
“The distinct line between the judiciary, the legislature & politics is blurring. And if we don’t preserve that, it’ll be naked power all the way down.” - Charles Geyh, law prof specializing in judicial ethics
From @dougbockclark.bsky.social @propublica.org. ⬇️
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
From @dougbockclark.bsky.social @propublica.org. ⬇️
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“The distinct line between the judiciary, the legislature & politics is blurring. And if we don’t preserve that, it’ll be naked power all the way down.” - Charles Geyh, law prof specializing in judicial ethics
From @dougbockclark.bsky.social @propublica.org. ⬇️
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
From @dougbockclark.bsky.social @propublica.org. ⬇️
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
When a GOP comms director warns a reporter to kill a story, citing "our connections," then you know for sure it's a story you're gonna wanna read.
Don't miss this powerful piece about "God's Chief Justice" from @dougbockclark.bsky.social & @propublica.org.
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
Don't miss this powerful piece about "God's Chief Justice" from @dougbockclark.bsky.social & @propublica.org.
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When a GOP comms director warns a reporter to kill a story, citing "our connections," then you know for sure it's a story you're gonna wanna read.
Don't miss this powerful piece about "God's Chief Justice" from @dougbockclark.bsky.social & @propublica.org.
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
Don't miss this powerful piece about "God's Chief Justice" from @dougbockclark.bsky.social & @propublica.org.
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
"Trump says a lot of things, and he reverses course regularly; often, what look like important pronouncements turn out to be random thoughts that have escaped the weak gravity of Trump’s attention span." - @radiofreetom.bsky.social
The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons
The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Trump says a lot of things, and he reverses course regularly; often, what look like important pronouncements turn out to be random thoughts that have escaped the weak gravity of Trump’s attention span." - @radiofreetom.bsky.social
How many kids will it take? It's the same question for Assemblies of God as for the Southern Baptist Convention.
My column today about the explosive @nbcnews.com investigatory report on child sexual abuse & coverups in the Assemblies of God. #ChurchToo
christabrown.substack.com/p/how-many-k...
My column today about the explosive @nbcnews.com investigatory report on child sexual abuse & coverups in the Assemblies of God. #ChurchToo
christabrown.substack.com/p/how-many-k...
How Many Kids Will It Take?
It's the same question for Assemblies of God as for the Southern Baptist Convention
christabrown.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
How many kids will it take? It's the same question for Assemblies of God as for the Southern Baptist Convention.
My column today about the explosive @nbcnews.com investigatory report on child sexual abuse & coverups in the Assemblies of God. #ChurchToo
christabrown.substack.com/p/how-many-k...
My column today about the explosive @nbcnews.com investigatory report on child sexual abuse & coverups in the Assemblies of God. #ChurchToo
christabrown.substack.com/p/how-many-k...
“I feel a responsibility to work towards the things I consider good & right. I don’t know whether I’ll be able to change certain things for the better or not at all... There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.” - Vaclav Havel
“A curtain of darkness is settling over our nation. And it’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots,” Peter Wehner argues: https://theatln.tc/HCsgbCVd
November 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“I feel a responsibility to work towards the things I consider good & right. I don’t know whether I’ll be able to change certain things for the better or not at all... There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.” - Vaclav Havel
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
christabrown.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
It's a road that's paved with religious leaders' abuses & coverups. #ChurchToo #ACNAtoo #ThisistheSBC
christabrown.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
The Road to Hell Runs Through the ACNA
... and it's paved with religious leaders' abuses and coverups
christabrown.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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
christabrown.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
It's a road that's paved with religious leaders' abuses & coverups. #ChurchToo #ACNAtoo #ThisistheSBC
christabrown.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
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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...
‘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.
religionnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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...
"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
baptistnews.com/article/matt...
My column today. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
baptistnews.com/article/matt...
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...
baptistnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"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
baptistnews.com/article/matt...
My column today. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
baptistnews.com/article/matt...
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
religionnews.com/2025/10/28/e...
The voices of women shine in this article by @mjfoster6.bsky.social, and I'm proud to be included. #exvangelical
religionnews.com/2025/10/28/e...
‘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.
religionnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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
religionnews.com/2025/10/28/e...
The voices of women shine in this article by @mjfoster6.bsky.social, and I'm proud to be included. #exvangelical
religionnews.com/2025/10/28/e...
Reposted by Christa Brown
From "Baptistland" by
@christabrown.bsky.social
@christabrown.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
From "Baptistland" by
@christabrown.bsky.social
@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
Extremely important reporting from @dgraham.bsky.social in The Atlantic’s latest cover story. (So important that we published it ahead of schedule.)
Must-read, out today: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Must-read, out today: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Coming Election Mayhem
Donald Trump’s plans to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos are already under way.
www.theatlantic.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"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
"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
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
Opinion | For Shame, North Carolina. For Shame.
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"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
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
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.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
It's a dilemma for Oklahoma teachers.
Meanwhile, OK ranks near-bottom for student performance.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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...
www.propublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
It's a dilemma for Oklahoma teachers.
Meanwhile, OK ranks near-bottom for student performance.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"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. ⬇️
A moving tribute to the sublime beauty of America and to its sacred spaces. ⬇️
The US Capitol
Arlington Cemetery
The White House
The American wilderness
America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
Arlington Cemetery
The White House
The American wilderness
America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
The sacred American spaces desecrated by the American president
The American faithful must find their voice if the divine American idea is to survive
www.greatpower.us
October 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"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. ⬇️
A moving tribute to the sublime beauty of America and to its sacred spaces. ⬇️
Reposted by Christa Brown
🚨 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
This isn’t clerical error. It’s institutional deceit.
Even legal scholars now say it looks intentional.
📺 60 Minutes | 🔗 cbsn.ws/3J8a6yA
October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨 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
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.
A recent federal policy change allowing immigration enforcement at domestic violence shelters has also created more barriers for undocumented survivors, who advocates say already deal with abusers threatening to report them to ICE or take their children out of the country as a means of control.
LA's ICE raids are impacting domestic violence shelters
These programs "should be safe sanctuaries—and we can't even guarantee that anymore."
www.motherjones.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
ICE raids at domestic violence shelters. Cruel and despicable.
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
baptistnews.com/article/most...
From @prri.org & @robertpjones.bsky.social
baptistnews.com/article/most...
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...
baptistnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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
baptistnews.com/article/most...
From @prri.org & @robertpjones.bsky.social
baptistnews.com/article/most...
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
My latest: christabrown.substack.com/p/matt-queen...
#ThisistheSBC
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.
christabrown.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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
My latest: christabrown.substack.com/p/matt-queen...
#ThisistheSBC
Reposted by Christa Brown
“Despite how terribly damaged America has been recently, that country and those ideals remain worth fighting for."
Bruce Springsteen Endorses No Kings Movement: 'All Hell Is Breaking Loose in the United States'
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October 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Despite how terribly damaged America has been recently, that country and those ideals remain worth fighting for."
Reposted by Christa Brown
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
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
October 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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
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