Here is Kate Shellnut at Christianity Today: Armed with a secret list of more than 700 abusive pastors, Southern Baptist leaders chose to protect the denomination from lawsuits rather than protect the people in their churches from further abuse. Survivors, […]
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Two more individuals come forward alleging sexual misconduct against former Toronto megachurch pastor Bruxy Cavey.
We reported on this here. There are now new allegations. Maggie John, the chair of the Toronto Meeting House Overseers Board, recently sent an e-mail to the church family to inform them that Dr. Melodie Bissell, a sexual abuse victim’s […]
Ronnie Floyd resigns as President and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee
Here is some context for Floyd’s resignation. Current received the following press release tonight: Dear SBC Executive Committee Trustees and SBC Family, I was planning to release this letter on Monday, October 11; however, I delayed the publishing of this letter […]
Late afternoon Tuesday at the SBC Annual Meeting: elections, abortion, CRT, sexual abuse, leadership, and no air conditioning
The Southern Baptists voted for their next president earlier today. Kate Shellnut has the first ballot results: As we reported in our last post, Ed Litton, senior pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama, is the new president. It was […]