# SBC Weekly Roundup, Countdown to Orlando | Ep.3

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Podcast: [Center for Baptist Leadership](https://stenobird.com/podcast/center-for-baptist-leadership-6894445)
Published: 2026-02-27T18:31:34+00:00
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## Resource

In this special "SBC Weekly Roundup" edition of the CBL Podcast, William Wolfe and Jon Whitehead unpack breaking news within the Southern Baptist Convention, including the Executive Committee’s new $186M Cooperative Program budget and ongoing financial strain on the EC. They discuss the disfellowshipping of two churches over female pastors and broader concerns about egalitarianism. A major focus is the McRaney v. NAMB case and the Supreme Court’s denial of review, which Whitehead argues reshapes Baptist polity and weakens ordinary Baptists’ civil recourse against defamation. The future of the SBC hangs in the balance as we countdown to the SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. Follow CBL's "SBC Weekly RoundUp" to stay informed on: SBC Presidential Race Entity Controversies (ERLC, Executive Committee, seminaries, and more) The future of the Cooperative Program How your church can prepare to engage faithfully and effectively at the SBC Annual Meeting Timestamps: 00:00 - 02:37 – Introduction & Preview of SBC Weekly Roundup 02:37 - 05:00 – Executive Committee Budget Cuts & continuing financial strain 05:00 - 06:02 – Two SBC churches disfellowshipped, egalitarianism, and the Law Amendment gap 06:02 - 09:35 – McRaney v. NAMB: Overview of the case, SCOTUS denial, and NAMB’s public spin 09:35 - 15:00 – Initial Takeaways from the EC Meeting: “Everything Is Awesome” deception 15:00 - 24:42 – Lifeway CP Survey vs. Financial Reality 24:42 - 36:52 – Disturbing Twist: Vance Pitman’s NAMB contract as ‘National Mobilizer’ 36:52 - 40:00 – Have We Lost Our Baptist Polity? Today vs. Historic SBC Church Planting Rates 40:00 - 1:20:00 – Church autonomy, civil justice, and courts treating Baptists like Catholics 1:20:00 - 1:25:00 – Orlando or Bust: Why This SBC Meeting Is Pivotal –––––– Fo…

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