Survivors

On his third-to-the-last day as SBC Executive Committee chair and member, Rolland Slade oversaw the last procedural votes needed to support the recommendations of a sexual abuse task force that were adopted the next day, including the creation of an abuser-tracking “Ministry Check” website.

Seven survivors of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention have issued a joint statement calling for four reforms to be implemented immediately. Among the actions sexual abuse survivors urge are the creation of a restoration fund and the addition of a memorial in front of SBC headquarters.

G3 Ministries founder Dr. Josh Buice sees the recent report from Guidepost Solutions on the sexual abuse crisis in the Southern Baptist Convention as a step in the wrong direction and as encouraging “pragmatism” over the Word of God.

Holocaust survivors across the world have united to deliver a message on the dangers of unchecked hate and the importance of remembrance at a time of rising global antisemitism.

Frail and vulnerable Holocaust survivors will receive another $720 million (647 million euros) from the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

After a five-hour meeting Tuesday during which tempers frayed, members of the SBC Executive Committee once more put off waiving attorney-client privilege.

Guidepost Solutions is the firm the SBC has hired to investigate its handling of sexual abuse allegations. But some survivor advocates are questioning how independent Guidepost really is—and whether it merely makes “delicate matters” go away.

The news comes after Mike Stone, one of the EC members accused of mishandling sexual abuse allegations, lost the SBC presidential race—and had a controversial exchange with survivor Hannah-Kate Williams.