The Southern Baptist Convention will sell its Nashville headquarters to defray abuse-related legal costs
United States RNS An investigation into how leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have dealt with sexual abuse by clergy has cost more than $US12 million over the past three years, causing the nation’s largest Protestant denomination to put its Nashville, Tennessee, headquarters up for sale, the SBC’s Executive Committee announced on Tuesday, 17th September. […]
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 […]
Southern Baptists: After years of delay, a change of direction on sexual abuse
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports from Anaheim in California where more than 10,000 Southern Baptists gathered this week to address sexual abuse…
In the US, SBC abuse taskforce requests $US3 million for reforms, ‘Ministry Check’ website
United States RNS A Southern Baptist taskforce has asked the denomination to set up a “Ministry Check” website to track abusive pastors, church employees and volunteers and to spend millions on reforms to prevent abuse and care for survivors. Most of the suggested reforms are voluntary. Some could involve years of study and preparation, prompting a […]