A former Southern Baptist pastor has been arrested for allegedly grooming and sexually molesting a young girl for about five years.
A former Southern Baptist pastor has been arrested for allegedly grooming and sexually molesting a young girl for about five years.
A prominent Anglican bishop has taken a leave of absence after admitting to mishandling allegations of abuse.
Yesterday we noted that if we are to impact our culture as the first Christians impacted theirs (cf. Acts 17:6), we must recover their sense of urgency for our message for the lost, our mission for the culture, and our moment for our souls. Today let’s add the urgency of depending intentionally and unconditionally on the One whose message and mission we serve in this moment.
According to a new Lifeway Research survey, most pastors believe that a pastor who sexually abuses or assaults another person, be it a child or an adult, should permanently withdraw from public ministry.
Southern Baptists agree at the annual meeting to launch a major investigation in the denomination's response to widespread sex abuse within the SBC.
A Georgia pastor has identified up to 13 boys he says were sexually abused by a Southern Baptist minister whom top leaders of the denomination declined to inquire about with the minister's church.
Eight survivors of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention have issued a statement calling for an outside organization to oversee an audit of sexual abuse within the denomination.
Amid the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, the denomination's Executive Committee has rejected a request to broaden an inquiry into its handling of sexual abuse allegations to include all the entities of the SBC.
More than sixteen thousand Southern Baptists will begin their annual convention today in Nashville, Tennessee. At the annual meeting, leaders will address Critical Race Theory, women’s roles, how to handle sexual abuse and serious allegations regarding racism and misogyny on the part of denominational leaders.
On Friday, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee announced that it has retained a firm to “conduct an independent review of its processes” for handling allegations for sexual misconduct.
