- Featured ·
EXCLUSIVE: John MacArthur Covered Up Pastor’s Sexual Abuse, Witnesses Say
- By Julie Roys·
- April 19, 2022 6:14 pm·
Warning: This report contains graphic accusations of sexual abuse. In August 1979, Wendy Guay told her best friend that her father, Paul Guay—then a pastor…
- 188 comments·
- Church Issues ·
EXCLUSIVE: John MacArthur Shamed, Excommunicated Mother for Refusing to Take Back Child Abuser
- By Julie Roys·
- March 8, 2022 6:25 pm·
On August 18, 2002, prominent radio pastor and author, John MacArthur, took time during an evening service to address a grave matter at his 8,000-member…
- 258 comments·
- Church Issues ·
For Abuse Survivors Like Jules Woodson, the Indiana Pastor Video is All Too Familiar
- By Bob Smietana·
- May 25, 2022 7:07 pm·
When Jules Woodson saw the viral video of an Indiana church applauding a pastor who had confessed to sexual misconduct, her heart sank. It was…
- 1 comments·
- News ·
Uvalde School Shooting: Christian Leaders Lament, Urge Prayer and Action
- By Josh Shepherd·
- May 25, 2022 6:50 pm·
Christian leaders across varying denominations are expressing sorrow and support for victims’ families in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which killed…
- 0 comments·
- News ·
Bishop Mildred Hines, First AME Zion Female Bishop, Dead at Age 67
- By Adelle Banks·
- May 25, 2022 11:20 am·
Bishop Mildred “Bonnie” Hines, the first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, has died at age 67. “We are sad because we…
- 5 comments·
- Church Issues ·
How the ‘Apocalyptic’ Southern Baptist Report Almost Didn’t Happen
- By Bob Smietana·
- May 25, 2022 10:20 am·
For three minutes last summer, a call to investigate how Southern Baptist leaders have dealt with sexual abuse was dead in the water. Then a…
- 5 comments·
- Abuse ·
Restore Conference: 22 Moving Reactions and Memorable Speaker Insights
- By Josh Shepherd·
- May 25, 2022 6:50 am·
They came from 40 U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. And many of the roughly 280 people who participated in this year’s Restore Conference Friday…
- 1 comments·
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
Opinion: Southern Baptists’ Sex Abuse Report Is A Repudiation of Past 40 Years
- By Jonathan Merritt·
- May 24, 2022 5:15 pm·
There’s an old saying about Southern Baptists’ annual meeting: After all is said and done, more will have been said than will have been done.…
- 7 comments·
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
SBC Executive Committee, Repenting for Handling of Abuse, Disowns Lawyer’s 2006 Letter
- By Bob Smietana·
- May 24, 2022 3:40 pm·
Moving to show repentance after Sunday’s release of an investigative report that found that Southern Baptist Convention leaders mishandled abuse and mistreated survivors for decades,…
- 5 comments·
- Race Relations ·
One Week Later, Buffalo Shooting Sparks A Familiar Refrain With Few Solutions
- By Hamil R. Harris·
- May 24, 2022 1:00 pm·
The fatal mass shooting inside of a New York grocery store on May 14 has shaken the faith of national political leaders by echoing a…
- 6 comments·
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
40 Years In The Making: A Timeline of Southern Baptists’ Sexual Abuse Crisis
- By Adelle Banks·
- May 24, 2022 9:20 am·
The report on the Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of sexual abuse, conducted by the independent review firm Guidepost Solutions, is unsparing in its criticism of…
- 3 comments·
- Restore Conference ·
Tearful Reconciliation with Lori Anne Thompson Highlights Day 2 of Restore
- By Sarah Einselen·
- May 23, 2022 7:24 pm·
Two teary-eyed pleas for forgiveness and one woman ready to give it. So began the Saturday afternoon session with Lori Anne Thompson, a once-maligned victim…
- 5 comments·
- Abuse ·
Alleged Assault By Former SBC President May Be Most Damaging Part of Explosive Report
- By Yonat Shimron·
- May 23, 2022 6:15 pm·
The details in the report are nothing if not shocking. A former Southern Baptist Convention leader stepped inside the Florida beachside condo of a pastor’s…
- 11 comments·
- Church Issues ·
Southern Baptist Leaders Mistreated Abuse Survivors for Decades, Report Says
- By Bob Smietana·
- May 22, 2022 8:25 pm·
For decades, a handful of leaders in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination treated sexual abuse survivors as enemies of the church, denied responsibility for the…
- 21 comments·
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