SBC Executive Committee

“In the special called meeting May 24 on Zoom, SBC EC Interim CEO Willie McLaurin also issued a formal apology to abuse survivors on behalf of the entire EC.” - BPNews

“Months of work by the Sexual Abuse Task Force and Guidepost Solutions concerning the alleged mishandling of sexual abuse claims by the SBC Executive Committee (EC) resulted in a 288-page report released publicly Sunday” - BPNews

“The team tasked with searching for a new president & CEO of the SBC Executive Committee is asking for prayer. The group also has launched a 21-day prayer initiative and created a day-by-day guide to encourage specific prayers for each day the rest of the month.” - BPNews

“…leaders announced Tuesday (Feb. 22) that they had reached a resolution with a sexual abuse survivor whose story was mishandled when she came forward in 2019.” - RNS

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“The Executive Committee is meeting for the first time since the contentious decision to turn over privileged documents in an ongoing abuse investigation.” - C.Today

“In its most recent update, the Sex Abuse Task Force reported that Guidepost Solutions has interviewed approximately 32 current and former SBC Executive Committee staff, 54 current or former EC trustees and abuse survivors “who have affirmatively reached out to the Guidepost investigative team.” -

“McLaurin served on the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board for 15 years before joining the Executive Committee in January 2020” - C.Post

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“In his letter, Martin said that the SBC messengers were ‘deceived,’ having been misinformed about ACP. The messengers were led to believe that waiving privilege was a ‘perfectly normal and necessary’ practice.” - C.Leaders

“Another member of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee has resigned and new leadership has been appointed after committee members voted to waive attorney-client privilege as part of an investigation into the leadership’s handling of sexual abuse claims…” C.Post

“The decisions made on Tuesday afternoon, October 5, in response to the 2021 Convention now place our missionary enterprise as Southern Baptists into uncertain, unknown, unprecedented and uncharted waters,” Floyd said in the letter. - BPNews

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