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Tim Meshginpoosh's avatar

I agree. Personally, I am beside myself as to why no criminal background check was done on him. This would have come up immediately.

I attend an ACNA church. When I chose to volunteer with the children's dept, I had to submit to a criminal background check, which--IMHO--ought to be the bare minimum.

Why Meeks was never checked, that's a massive due diligence failure.

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Ryan Peter's avatar

This whole ordeal made me realize just how much of an academic circle the Christian publishing world is - and precisely why it’s so hard to speak to it if you don’t have the so-called credentials.

Or am I wrong? I tried to take this up with some people in that scene but they just don’t seem to want to acknowledge it.

It just feels to me so much was ignored because of the academic credentials. Like others don’t get nearly as much love (and a pass on character issues) if they’re not academics and not part of the circle. It doesn’t matter if you write well, understand the topics, make a convincing case, or have a good reputation with your church, and lead people well. What matters most is the academic credentials.

I’m happy to be proved wrong but I can’t seem to see where I am wrong. I mean is there even one Christian writer in the prominent Christian publishing scene with no academic credentials? I can’t think of any.

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