Ministry Sexual Abuse

“The legislation, initially written by Texas pastor and current SBC President Bart Barber, protects charitable organizations, their volunteers and independent contractors from liability when disclosing credible allegations to prospective employers.” - BPNews

‘The ERLC and the advisory group collaborated in multiple ways… also produced various resources, such as a comprehensive training curriculum for churches.” - BPNews

“One of the mysteries here is why the DOJ is looking into this at all. Abuse is always reported to local law enforcement and abuse investigations are in the purview of local and state authorities.” - P&D

“the conflict isn’t over. The church statement said, ‘We maintain and firmly believe that we committed no wrong,’ and noted that the woman couldn’t positively identify that it was the church employee who abused her.” - CToday

“The statement, signed by leaders of the SBC Executive Committee and other of the denomination’s national entities, didn’t say specifically what federal investigators are looking into, but they referenced an internal investigation into the Executive Committee’s handling of sexual abuse allegations.” - C.Index

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“Marshall Blalock, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Charleston, S.C., will serve as ARITF chair and Mike Keahbone, pastor of First Baptist Church in Lawton, Okla., will be vice chair. Others making up the task force are…” - C.Leaders

“Two Southern Baptist pastors with recent leadership experience in addressing sexual abuse in the SBC will fill similar roles with the Abuse Response Implementation Task Force (ARITF).” - BPNews

“Undergraduate, graduate and advanced students will be required to complete the free course on sexual abuse prevention and response during their programs at Southeastern.” - BPNews

During a recent podcast, Barber expressed his thoughts on staffing the Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force - C.Index

“The work of a yet-to-be-appointed Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF) is likely to take years, with an initial report ordered to be given at the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in New Orleans next June.” - BPNews