SBC

“Reforms would include a website to track abusers and hiring staff to respond to abuse allegations.” - RNS

“While the GARBC is distinct from our far larger and more influential SBC cousins, we dare not merely curse the darkness of these sins. We must take a good, long, hard look at ourselves.” - David Strope

“The Charles Brown on the list is not the Charles Brown who retired from Government Street Baptist Church in Mobile earlier this year after nearly 45 years as pastor.” - BPNews

“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

SBC entity leaders respond to Guidepost report on sexual abuse

Key leaders named in Guidepost report respond

“Tom Ascol… called the ERLC a ‘rogue entity’ and called on the ERLC trustees to take action. ‘I urge … to immediately remove @LeatherwoodTN as acting President of the @ERLC,’” Leatherwood had signed a letter from National Right to Life rejecting criminal penalties for women who get abortions.

“Baptism tallies, though, are beginning to recover from 2020’s pandemic plunge.” - C.Today

“The day is drawing nigh for the report of the Sex Abuse Task Force, the Guidepost Solutions, LLC report that forms the basis and body of the SATF report and “suggestions” for convention action in June.” - SBC Voices

“Pursuant to the Messenger’s Motion, Guidepost must submit its report to the Task Force no later than 30-days prior to the SBC Convention in Anaheim, which begins on June 14, 2022. Thus, the report is due to the Task Force on May 15, 2022” - BPNews

“In what is being called an ‘unprecedented gathering,’ the three announced candidates for Southern Baptist Convention president spent just under two hours answering questions and interacting with one another in a candidate forum Wednesday (May 4).” - BPNews