A RELUCTANT VOICE: PAIGE PATTERSON’S CAREER ENDED AFTER SHE CAME FORWARD. MEGAN LIVELY’S STRUGGLE CONTINUES
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from the US on the story of Megan Lively and how her decision to reveal the response to her sexual assault helped move the Southern Baptist Convention toward a reckoning with sex abuse….
One in three US Protestants think more stories of abuse by pastors yet to come – survey
RNS The past year has been filled with stories of alleged sexual misconduct and abuse by Protestant Christian pastors. Bill Hybels retired early from the influential Chicago-area megachurch he founded, Willow Creek Community Church, after being accused of sexual harassment by several women connected to the church. Click to enlarge. Andy Savage, a megachurch preacher in […]
At US summit, prominent evangelicals share stories of sexual abuse
Wheaton, Illinois, US RNS For popular Bible teacher Beth Moore, the church always has been a safe harbour. That was especially true when she was growing up. Church was a place where she could escape from the sexual abuse she experienced at home, she said. Jenny Hwang, from left, Tammy Schultz, Nancy Nealious and Ed […]
US Southern Baptist seminary, in #MeToo age, appoints ‘women’s support coordinator’
Louisville, Kentucky, USRNS Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has appointed its first “women’s support coordinator” to address any gender-related “difficulties or challenges” that women encounter on its campus. “In our own internal review, we determined it was not fully supportive of women to require any woman to have to describe what could be very intimate matters […]
US: #CHURCHTOO SUPPORTER KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR BUILDS BRIDGES BETWEEN THE EXTREMES
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, profiles Karen Swallow Prior, an influential voice within the Southern Baptist Convention and the #ChurchToo movement…
WILLOW CREEK: LEADERSHIP SUMMIT GOES ON DESPITE MASS RESIGNATIONS
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports from Willow Creek’s annual Global Leadership Summit…
Willow Creek investigates Hybels as pastor quits over new allegations
RNS US-based Willow Creek Community Church announced it will commission an independent investigation of sexual harassment allegations against founding pastor Bill Hybels, a day after one of the two pastors who succeeded Hybels resigned over the church’s handling of the matter. Heather Larson, lead pastor at the influential evangelical Chicago-area megachurch, announced the investigation Monday […]
US female evangelical leaders call on church to speak out on violence against women
RNS More than 140 evangelical Christian women from across the political and theological spectrums have signed onto a statement calling churches to end the silence around violence against women and the church’s participation in it. The statement, released on Wednesday, is accompanied by the hashtag #SilenceIsNotSpiritual and is part of a campaign that will run […]