By Pastor Keith Myer Harvest Baptist Church, Salisbury, Maryland The statistics on sexual abuse are staggering. This should give pastors pause as they consider how
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force has released new information about the Ministry Check database that will assist churches as they conduct
Following the release Thursday (June 10) of audio clips from two 2019 meetings among Southern Baptist leaders regarding how to address sexual abuse in the
Three and a half minutes. That’s how much of Matt Mason’s 45-minute sermon addressed domestic violence. But after he preached that Sunday in July 2019,
Our editorial staff is currently looking back through our 2019 issues and selecting the best work to submit to national award competitions. Some of our
The 2019 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention saw thousands of Southern Baptists gather in Birmingham. As we did, and as God worked through
By Carrie Brown McWhorter The Alabama Baptist The church will never be “accidentally excellent” at protecting the vulnerable from abuse and caring for those who
Concern surfaced during the Caring Well Conference (see story here) over a March 8 Baptist Press article related to reporting “a morally inappropriate relationship” rather