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Does forgiving an abuser mean staying with him?
By Kathryn Post — March 26, 2024
(RNS) — In her new book, 'Forgiveness after Trauma,' Susannah Griffith writes that Christians often misapply forgiveness, especially in cases of abuse.
How ‘Witness’ became a thrilling audio drama and a parable about America’s soul
By Bob Smietana — January 8, 2024
(RNS) — A new podcast version of ‘Witness’ is both thriller filled with so-called driveway moments and an insightful story of America’s crisis of faith.
Arkansas pastor under fire for not disclosing abuse charges against staffer
By Bob Smietana — December 20, 2023
(RNS) — The pastor of a prominent Little Rock, Arkansas, church is under fire for not telling his congregation about an abusive former staffer, even after the person had been charged by police.
Chaos erupts over SBC legal filing in Louisville abuse lawsuit
By Bob Smietana — October 26, 2023
(RNS) — A friend-of-the-court filing has led to questions of whether the Southern Baptist Convention has changed its ways in dealing with abuse.
Disobedient women and #churchtoo stand up to sexual abuse in evangelicalism
By Jana Riess — August 17, 2023
(RNS) — A new book shines a light on sexual abuse in evangelical churches, from Bill Gothard and Josh Duggar to the purity culture underneath it all.
Former president of Baptist state convention under investigation for alleged abuse
By Bob Smietana — August 1, 2023
(RNS) — A Madison, Wisconsin, police investigation recommended that the Rev. Bob Stine of Midvale Baptist Church be charged with sexual assault. Stine has a September court date but has not yet been charged.
SBC messengers reelect Texas pastor Bart Barber to a second term as president
By Bob Smietana — June 13, 2023
(RNS) — Barber was an unlikely candidate for president when he first ran in 2022. His election seems to indicate that Southern Baptists approve of the direction the convention is going. His reelection marks the third time a candidate backed by the Conservative Baptist Network has been defeated.
Vexed by quailing attendance, sex abuse and internal feuds, SBC takes on women pastors
By Bob Smietana — June 12, 2023
(RNS) — More than 12,000 local church representatives, known as messengers, will gather in New Orleans, ready to do their denomination's business.
David Sills, former seminary professor named in Guidepost report, sues SBC
By Bob Smietana — May 12, 2023
(RNS) — The former seminary professor claims in a complaint filed in the US District Court for Middle Tennessee that he was made a scapegoat for the denomination’s sex abuse crisis.
What ‘The Starling Girl’ gets right about church abuse and fundamentalism
By Kathryn Post — May 5, 2023
(RNS) — ‘When abuse is framed as just black and white, it can be harder for people going through it to reckon with it and realize it,’ said writer/director Laurel Parmet.
Beth Moore tries to untangle her ‘all knotted-up life’ in new memoir
By Bob Smietana — February 20, 2023
(RNS) — In a tender, gracious and at times heartbreaking new book, the beloved Bible teacher and former Southern Baptist recalls the people and the God who saved her from the chaos of her childhood.
What will it take for Mormon women and girls to be believed?
By Jana Riess — January 31, 2023
(RNS) — Mormon men seem no more prone to abuse than men of other faiths. The failure comes after abuse is reported.
Diane Langberg on church leaders and abuse: ‘We have utterly failed God’
By Bob Smietana — January 12, 2023
(RNS) — For five decades, psychologist Diane Langberg has worked with survivors of abuse and trauma. She remains amazed by their courage — and dismayed by the way church leaders have failed survivors of abuse.
SBC President Bart Barber says predecessor Johnny Hunt is unfit to return to ministry
By Bob Smietana — November 30, 2022
(RNS) — ‘They don’t care,’ said abuse survivor and longtime advocate Tiffany Thigpen after hearing that a group of pastors announced that a former SBC president accused of sexual assault was restored to ministry. Johnny Hunt’s return reveals the challenges the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has in addressing sexual abuse.
Too many Christians are afraid to admit they’re wrong, argues Tim Keller in ‘Forgive’
By Bob Smietana — November 1, 2022
(RNS) — Keller said many of his fellow Christians have become afraid to say they are sorry and admit when they are wrong. Others use forgiveness to hide the truth.
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