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On Wednesday, SEBTS president Danny Akin released a statement about a leaked draft article written by Jennifer Buck, wife of outspoken SBC pastor Tom Buck, explaining the results of an internal investigation.

On Friday, First Baptist Church of Woodstock released a letter to church members stating their intent to suspend Johnny Hunt’s role as pastor emeritus following credible allegations of sexual abuse against him.

At a webinar Tuesday (June 7), an ERLC panel addressed sexual ethics and said holding to God’s design in creating human beings provides a way forward for Christians during the current crisis regarding sexuality.

The Rev. Canon Scot McKnight, a professor who has written extensively about Christian living and toxic church culture, has apologized to abuse survivors at the Chicago-area congregation he and his family attend.

Send Relief announced its intent June 8 to give $3 million to fund the proposed SATF recommendations for sexual abuse reform, and an additional $1 million to establish a survivor care fund.

Pope Francis has been clear about his vision for Catholicism as a “poor church for the poor” and the 2021 annual report of the Vatican bank shows that the pope’s wish is closer than ever to becoming a reality.

Guidepost Solutions' Pride Month tweet, which included a rainbow flag, led to an outcry on social media, especially from SBC figures who claim the denomination has become too liberal. Now some leaders in the SBC are calling for the denomination to break ties with the investigative firm.

The leader of the Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo was sentenced Wednesday to more than 16 years in a California prison for sexually abusing young female followers who said he made them his sex slaves.