Southern Baptists are mired in a sex abuse scandal as they gather for their annual meeting in Alabama.
FILE - In this Tuesday, June 12, 2018 file photo, rape survivor and abuse victim advocate Mary DeMuth speaks during a rally protesting the Southern Baptist Convention's treatment of women outside the convention's annual meeting at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. On Tuesday, June 11, 2019, the Southern Baptist Convention gathers for its annual national meeting with one sobering topic _ sex abuse by clergy and staff _ overshadowing all others.
Sex abuse already was a high-profile issue at the 2018 national meeting in Dallas, following revelations about several sexual misconduct cases. Soon after his election as SBC president at that meeting, the Rev. J.D. Greear formed an advisory group to draft recommendations on how to confront the problem.
With the abuse scandal spreading, Greear’s study committee issued 10 recommendations, and some action has been taken. “Only when sin is exposed to the light of truth, true repentance, healing, and change can begin,” he wrote. Ahead of next week’s meeting, there’s been a surge of debate — much of it waged on social media — related to the Southern Baptist Convention’s doctrine of “complementarianism” that calls for male leadership in the home and the church.
Beth Moore responded with a series of tweets on May 11, questioning the motives of SBC leaders seeking to limit women’s roles.
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