Southern Baptists and the Southern Baptist Convention
Trial date set for case involving Patterson, SWBTS
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The “trial involving former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson and the seminary and an alleged sexual abuse survivor. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan set the trial date for April 3, 2023.” - BPNews
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Conservative Baptist Network Report Downplays SBC Sex Abuse Crisis, Raises Alarms About CRT, Feminism, LGBTQ+
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“The CBN released its… list of grievances with the SBC on Wednesday, Jan. 18…. the 49-page report was prepared by Klayton A. Carson and ‘a team of researchers from the Conservative Baptist Network.’” - C.Leaders
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Barber says sexual abuse hotline worth the cost
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“Barber allowed that the hotline is expensive but countered the high costs by suggesting that it would cost more in the long run if Southern Baptists do nothing to address sexual abuse.” - BPNews
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Sexual abuse hotline, ‘fully confidential,’ task force says
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“The SBC’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF), the SBC Executive Committee (EC) and Guidepost Solutions have issued statements dealing with allegations of breaches of confidentiality within the hotline established by the SBC Executive Committee” - BPNews
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‘It Has Been a Controversial Year for the SBC’—Barber Reflects on 2022
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“Bart Barber provided his Twitter followers with some personal reflections on 2022 in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.” - CLeaders
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SBC Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force Reports on Progress
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“The Task Force faces the challenge of creating multiple reforms which must be designed from the ground up. We have had to divide the team into smaller groups to work simultaneously on these important initiatives” - BPNews
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SBC State Baptist conventions take historic actions to prevent sexual abuse, care for survivors
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“the Southern Baptist Convention has no authority over state Baptist conventions or their entities. Any policies and procedures established by the national Convention govern neither state Baptist conventions nor local Baptist associations.” - BPNews
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SBC President Bart Barber says predecessor Johnny Hunt is unfit to return to ministry
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“ ‘I would permanently “defrock” Johnny Hunt if I had the authority to do so,’ Barber, who leads a church in Farmersville, Texas, said in a statement released Tuesday.” - RNS
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David Sills, former seminary prof accused of abuse, sues SBC and Guidepost
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“Sills, who lost his job after admitting misconduct, claims SBC leaders used him as a scapegoat to bolster their public image.” - RNS
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