“While the SBC is a voluntary affiliation of independent congregations, part of the requirement of remaining ‘in friendly cooperation with’ the denomination is that a congregation must hold to a ‘faith and practice’ that closely aligns with the Baptist Faith & Message 2000” - C.Leaders
“Jeff Dalrymple, director of Abuse Prevention & Response at the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, envisions churches where agape love is so prevalent that abuse of any kind would be unthinkable.” - Baptist Press
“Under Iorg’s leadership, the entity has seemed to stabilize. However, the challenges facing the EC remain significant. During his report, Iorg emphasized his responsibility to lead “from a broad perspective.” - C.Leaders
“ ‘It’s the end of an era,’ said Tiffany Thigpen following the announcement that the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Executive Committee is no longer pursuing the implementation of an abuser database.” - C.Leaders
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“The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has appointed …. Dalrymple, the former executive director of the Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention.” - CPost
“The identity of the seminary official who ordered the report destroyed has not been made public. However, Terri Stovall, the seminary’s dean of women, has come forward as the person who wrote the initial report on the 2022 abuse case. Stovall, according to school officials, refused to destroy the report.” - RNS
“it’s time to stop talking about what we’re going to do and take an initial, strategic step of action that puts into place an administrative response to this issue.” - Baptist Press
“On Tuesday afternoon, June 11, messengers to the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis overwhelmingly approved two recommendations brought forward by the SBC Abuse Reform and Implementation Task Force (ARITF).” - Baptist Press
“now comes Wingfield’s report that The North American Mission Board, the International Mission Board, and Guidestone may divvy up the Executive Committee. A new covenant between the churches and the Convention, combined with the removal of the ‘ad interim’ SBC, would be the end of the Southern Baptist Convention system.” - Christ Over All
Executive Committee: “While we are grateful for closure on this particular matter, we recognize that sexual abuse reform efforts must continue to be implemented across the Convention” - The Baptist Paper
