On Reconquista

It has been tried, and with very limited exceptions, it has failed

This originally appeared as an X thread on May 29, 2025

Reconquista has been tried. With very limited exceptions, it has failed.

Zachary Garris@ZacharyGarris

Re: reconquista I once tried to get ordained in a mainline liberal denomination (the RCA) that rejected inerrancy & ordained women. They knew I was a conservative, so they added extra requirements that were almost impossible to meet.

2:55 PM · May 29, 2025 · 10K Views

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Those limited exceptions are things like the SBC conservative resurgence and the LCMS Seminex controversy (which are largely over and the problems have returned). Maybe the CRCNA now, but it’s a long road ahead and they weren’t nearly as far gone as the RCA, PCUSA, etc.

In the LCMS and SBC cases, it was a conservative majority fending off a loud, institutionally empowered liberal minority. They were still predominantly orthodox and conservative bodies. Nothing like the mainline of today.

It should also be noted that the SBC, LCMS, and CRC, while being kind of historically mainline, have distinctively more liberal counterparts within their tradition (the American Baptists, ELCA, RCA, etc.) There’s more natural exits through which to force the liberals.