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SBC Executive Committee expresses lament, issues statement on abuse investigation report

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SBC Executive Committee chair Rolland Slade led committee members in a devotion on lament at the opening of a special-called meeting covering the 288-page report on the EC’s handling of sexual abuse claims in the denomination. “We are still processing,” the California pastor said. “We are lamenting, listening, and learning.” In the 95-minute meeting, trustees […]

Hunt denies allegations of abuse

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Johnny Hunt resigned a week before the Guidepost Solutions report was made public on May 22. Hunt turned in his resignation to North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell on May 13, the day the SBC Executive Committee received the report. Hunt denies the allegations that he forcibly groped and kissed the wife of a […]

IBSA issues statement on Guidepost Solutions Report

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Nate Adams, Executive Director of the Illinois Baptist State Association, issued a statement on the Guidepost Solutions report on the SBC Executive Committee’s handling of sexual abuse claims in the denomination, which was made public on Sunday (May 22). “Along with many others, I am grieved over the information released today by the SBC’s Sex […]

SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force investigation report released

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Updated May 22 6:30 p.m. | The Southern Baptist Convention’s Sexual Abuse Task Force has released the findings from a report conducted over the past eight months of research and interviews. The report contains the unedited, unredacted results of Guidepost Solutions’ independent investigation into the SBC Executive Committee’s handling of sexual abuse cases for 2000 […]