EDITOR'S NOTE: This developing story first appeared at The Baptist Paper at this link: https://thebaptistpaper.org/sbc-abuse-reform-efforts-energized-by-latest-announcement. *This story was updated under the “Funding Plan” subhead below at 3:07 p.m. CT. The original version posted at 5 a.m., and two other minor edits for clarification purposes took place around 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. **At 3:25 p.m. CT, The Baptist Paper received an email with a statement from Send Relief leaders noting … [Read more...]
Retired Mobile, Ala., pastor falsely tied to SBC abuser list by local news outlet
MOBILE, Ala. (The Alabama Baptist) – Retired Mobile pastor Charles Brown, 79, has found himself navigating a situation he never anticipated — clearing his name for someone else’s misconduct. “In a three-minute news cast, 80 years of my life and ministry went down the tubes,” Brown told The Alabama Baptist on May 28 as he shared the devastation he has endured since a May 27 noon news story incorrectly reported by NBC 15 in Mobile. The correction reported by the station during the 5 p.m. … [Read more...]