The future of SBC abuse reform is now in the hands of denominational committee
Indianapolis, US RNS Leaders of a volunteer taskforce charged with implementing abuse reforms in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination say they were given an impossible task. In the end, the task proved too much. Messengers vote at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, on 11th June, 2024. PICTURE: […]
Southern Baptists: Abuse reform taskforce ends its work with no names on database and no long-term plan
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on the publication of an Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force report ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting next week…
Heads of SBC mission boards say they will not fund new abuse reform non-profit
Nashville, Tennessee, US RNS Leaders of two major Southern Baptist mission boards said they will not help fund a proposed independent non-profit meant to implement the denomination’s abuse reforms. Plans for the non-profit were announced on Monday night during a meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee. The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is seen […]
In the US, Southern Baptist taskforce announces plans to start non-profit to oversee abuse database and reforms
Nashville, Tennessee, US RNS Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s abuse reform taskforce announced plans on Monday to launch an independent non-profit to host a database of pastors accused of abuse and to implement other reforms. They still need the money to run it. North Carolina pastor Joshua Wester, chair of the SBC’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task […]