Tom Ascol, Would-be SBC President, Worries Churches Have Lost Hold of the Bible
Robin Hadaway, SBC Presidential Candidate, Favors Balance in Handling Abuse Claims
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: The SBC’s Perp List
After more than four decades, the pastor of one of the nation’s largest and most influential churches is ready to step down.
Moving to show repentance after Sunday’s (May 22) release of an investigative report that found that Southern Baptist Convention leaders mishandled abuse and mistreated survivors for decades, the denomination’s governing body vowed to mend its ...
For three minutes last summer, a call to investigate how Southern Baptist leaders have dealt with sexual abuse was dead in the water. Then a little-known denominational bylaw and a pastor from Indiana saved it.
For decades, a handful of leaders in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination treated sexual abuse survivors as enemies of the church, denied responsibility for the actions of local churches, and downplayed the number of sexual ...
The investigation of alleged mishandling of sexual abuse has cost the Southern Baptist Convention more than $1.7 million so far, a number that exceeds the original estimate made last fall.