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SBC’s EC: ‘Crickets’ on hiring pro-LGBTQ firms

Bradley’s infatuation with the LGBTQ lifestyle goes unabated, posting on its Facebook page on Aug. 2 that it is a “proud sponsor” of the LGBTQ+ Bar 2022 Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair. But what do we get from Nashville? Crickets.
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Blalock, Keahbone to head Abuse Response Implementation Task Force

Two Southern Baptist pastors with recent leadership experience in addressing sexual abuse in the SBC will fill similar roles with the Abuse Response Implementation Task Force (ARITF).
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Send Relief establishes fund to support survivors of sexual abuse

Following the recent report that addressed how Southern Baptists have handled sexual abuse allegations in the past, Send Relief is seeking to be a part of the solution by establishing a survivor care fund.
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Motions at annual meeting range from addressing sexual abuse reforms to entity responsibilities

Several motions presented at the annual meeting related to sexual abuse care and prevention in addition to other subjects of interest to Southern Baptists.
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SATF shares expectations for implementation task force

The work of a yet-to-be-appointed Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF) is likely to take years, with an initial report ordered to be given at the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in New Orleans next June.
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SBC resolutions affirm rural missions, denounce prosperity gospel, address sexual abuse

Resolutions affirming the mission field in rural America, denouncing the preaching of the prosperity gospel, calling for an end to the war in Ukraine, and addressing sexual abuse were among those adopted by messengers to the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif., June 14-15.
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Southern Baptist messengers approve Sexual Abuse Task Force recommendations

Southern Baptists responded with an overwhelming majority in favor of adopting the two recommendations presented by the Sexual Abuse Task Force presented June 14 at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting.
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PERSPECTIVE: ‘Southern Baptists shouldn’t write blank checks for SBC leaders on sexual abuse’

Attorneys Jonathan Whitehead and Joshua Abbotoy released an article on The Federalist, June 13, advising caution as Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) messengers here consider recommendations from the SBC’s Sexual Abuse Task Force (SATF) during their annual meeting this week.
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Sexual Abuse Task Force modifies recommendations in advance of the annual meeting

Changes to the recommendations that Sexual Abuse Task Force members will present to messengers at next week’s SBC annual meeting will address the nature of third-party investigations at the church level, including funding and action toward churches that refuse to respond to an accusation.
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Send Relief offers $4 million to fund EC sexual abuse response, survivor care fund

Send Relief announced its intent June 8 to give $3 million to fund the proposed Sexual Abuse Task Force (SATF) recommendations for sexual abuse reform, and an additional $1 million to establish a survivor care fund to provide trauma care for survivors and trauma training for pastors.

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