“J.D. Greear’s Sexual Abuse Advisory Group (SAAG) released its initial report today (June 8) as part of an ongoing process to assess current needs and develop recommendations” - BRnow
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SBC sexual abuse study unveils ‘key findings’
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There is a free curricula for people who are interested in implementing abuse detection and training at https://churchcares.com.
The findings of the study group are available here.
"Our task today is to tell people — who no longer know what sin is...no longer see themselves as sinners, and no longer have room for these categories — that Christ died for sins of which they do not think they’re guilty." - David Wells
NewRelated, from Christianity Today
CT provides some analysis…
Report: How Southern Baptists Failed to Care About Abuse
Also from SBC Voices blog…
ERLC: Sexual Abuse and the SBC Conference
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Washington Post article - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/06/03/feature/the-…
NY Times article - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/us/southern-baptist-convention-sex-a…
"Our task today is to tell people — who no longer know what sin is...no longer see themselves as sinners, and no longer have room for these categories — that Christ died for sins of which they do not think they’re guilty." - David Wells
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The SBC appears to be moving quickly; the thing we need to pray for in this regard, though, is that it actually takes root and is not just a “top down” implementation. And the same for our own associations; I’m personally very encouraged that the authors are making it very clear “it’s not about the money” by making the results of their work absolutely free.
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.
NewGreear's 8 steps...
8 Action Steps
Seems like a good plan… #8 is where it all gets (or fails to get) real, though.
“8. Right unified call to action – 8-step process to be followed in the process in churches.”
But the preceding steps improve the chances of the 8th. — Unlike the indepdent Baptist groups that are, so far, doing—as far as I can tell—nothing.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.