The top administrative committee for the Southern Baptist Convention has elected new leaders.
Winners of key roles at the Southern Baptist Convention were candidates who supported more transparency into an investigation into sex abuse reports.
A blistering 288-page report by Guidepost, released May 22 after a seven-month investigation, detailed how Executive Committee members and staff had mishandled abuse cases, stonewalled numerous survivors and prioritized protecting the SBC from liability.The Executive Committee’s election of new officers appeared to signal a willingness to follow through on the Guidepost investigation.
The Guidepost report revealed that committee staff had for years secretly maintained a database of accused church staff members, despite claiming publicly that maintaining such a list would violate churches’ right to self-governance. The committee subsequently made the list public.
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