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One day after the removal of a prominent seminary president following a series of contentious remarks about women, Southern Baptists have begun a public reckoning.

The panel of Christian women writers described the night Donald Trump won the presidency as, in the words of one, “a nightmare.”

ChristianHeadlines.com recently had the opportunity to correspond with Nicole Weider on the issues of morality, the #MeToo movement, and positive body image. Nicole is the the founder of Project Inspired, an online community formed to help young women.

After years of inquiries, mega-church pastor Bill Hybels denies all allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct as former Willow Creek leaders push for an independent investigation.

Andy Savage officially resigned from his role as teaching pastor at Highpoint Church in Memphis on Tuesday, March 20.

“Apologies are important, but more is required,” Andy Savage said in his resignation announcement letter. “I know that stepping down once, or even a second time, still doesn’t make things right for Jules. But addressing my own acts of abuse this way acknowledges the importance of confronting abuse in our culture and in the Church at large.”

You know the sexual revolution has gotten out of hand when a “proud feminist” and a radical atheist start questioning what’s going on.

Over the past several months our society has experienced a monumental shift in the treatment of women — particularly in regard to how they are treated by men in power.

Memphis megachurch pastor Andy Savage has been accused of sexual assault, but his church is standing by him.

Given the headlines today, lots of secular folks are starting to wonder if they ought to rethink sex. Wow—ya think?

“Me Too.”

In one two-word tweet Alyssa Milano set off a firestorm of victim’s voices throughout Twitter and Facebook. On Sunday night, she issued an invitation for sexual assault victims to make their voice heard:

“Suggested by a friend: ‘If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote “Me Too.” as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.”

Twenty-four hours later, the response was overwhelming. The magnitude of #MeToo had been retweeted more than a million times on Twitter and over 12 million times on Facebook. Celebrities like Lady Gaga and Debra Messing and women everywhere are tired of remaining silent. On the heels of the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault allegations and the massive cover-up that continues to unfold in the Hollywood industry, victims everywhere want the opportunity to be heard, and they’re hoping it’s finally time.

For the sake of brevity, I won’t attempt to discuss the massively destructive and far-reaching implications of sexual assault on a victim’s life; we know they are complicatedly vast. And as it pertains to the film industry and the wake of Weinstein victims, we’re still waiting on more truth to come to light and justice for the victims. What I want to communicate in this article are truths #MeToo victims can cling to when the sexual assault occurs in our own community or the cover-up happens in the church.

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