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GwenSouthern Baptist Convention CEO Ronnie Floyd Resigns After Dispute Over Abuse Investigation
In February 2019, NPR’s Rachel Martin interviewed Robert Downen of the Houston Chronicle about an investigation that documented sexual abuse inside some Southern Baptist churches, primarily in Texas....
Southern Baptist Executive Committee Publishes Previously Secret List of More Than 700 Accused Sexual Abusers
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee published a previously secret database of 205 pages late on a Thursday night. According to one report from wunc.org, the database includes...
Lawsuit Against SBC and Four Churches Alleges Negligence in Handling of Sexual Abuse Claims
A new lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee will again test whether the Southern Baptist Convention, a convention of autonomous churches,...
Guidepost Report Details Decades of Sexual Abuse Cover-Ups in Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has faced a sexual abuse scandal that a new report describes as involving decades of cover-ups. The report, by Guidepost Solutions, summarizes an...
Rick Olmstead Resigns as Arise Vineyard Pastor in San Luis Obispo, California, After Allegations Resurface
Rick Olmstead, pastor of Arise Vineyard Church in San Luis Obispo, California, has resigned from the church after allegations resurfaced that he had taken photographs of the backsides...
Southern Baptist Executive Committee Advisers Kept Abuse Reforms Blocked, Third-Party Report Says
A third-party investigative report released Sunday says Southern Baptist Executive Committee leaders had a secret list of more than 700 abusive pastors but chose to protect the denomination...
