A prominent Southern Baptist church led by a former denominational president is the subject of a lawsuit that highlights how ignoring “red flags” of manipulative behavior could lead to sexual abuse.
Youth America And Church of the Harvest Face Scrutiny
But today, Youth America, and the multi-site church that owns it—Church of the Harvest—stand accused by about 100 former members and interns of having a pattern of sexual misconduct, mismanagement of funds, and exploitation of ...
The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection early today. The long-anticipated move is the latest in a long series of legal and financial troubles for the youth organization. The Chapter 11 filing took ...
If you’re famous, powerful, and wealthy, NDAs can cover up your dirty deeds.
Abuse survivor and activist Rachael Denhollander brought her advocacy to presidents of evangelical colleges, urging them at their annual conference to not discount sexual abuse but to instead support survivors who report it.
In January, local newspapers reported that Bowen was sentenced to 1,008 years in prison -- the maximum sentence possible -- after pleading guilty to 28 charges of raping and sexually assaulting young boys he reached through his ministry. He was also ordered to pay $840,000 ...
Mary DeMuth is with us today because of her recent book We Too: How The Church can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis.
With “mixed feelings,” Boz Tchividjian believes it’s time for him to follow God’s call into private practice while continuing to help sexual abuse survivors. He also looks forward to passing the torch on to new leadership at GRACE, an organization he founded to help churches better respond to sexual ...
Kay Warren is also a sexual abuse survivor. As you will hear in my conversation with her, she didn’t keep her abuse a secret from her husband Rick and those closest to her, but it ...
Editor’s Note: Boz Tchividjian is a co-founder and the executive director of GRACE: Godly Response To Abuse in the Christian Environment. Tchividjian recently spoke at the Caring Well conference, hosted by the Southern Baptist ...