Slade: SBC must care for abuse survivors

In his first meeting as leader of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, Rolland Slade on Sept. 22 called on other committee members to be responsible “to shepherd and to protect” survivors of church sex abuse.

He said the issue is “personal” for him because his wife is a survivor.

Slade said the EC should give particular attention to two groups within the denomination: abuse survivors and pastors of churches with average attendance of 100 or less, like the one Slade serves, which comprise the bulk of the SBC’s 48,000 congregations.