Protecting abuse survivors is “personal”, says new Southern Baptist leader
RNS In his first meeting as leader of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, Rev Rolland Slade called on other committee members on Tuesday to be responsible “to shepherd and to protect” survivors of church sex abuse. Slade, senior pastor of Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, California, announced that the issue is “personal” for […]
Rev Rolland Slade, first black chair of Southern Baptist executive committee, elected
RNS Rev Rolland Slade, senior pastor of Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, California, has been elected as the first African American chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee, the group that runs the business of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination outside its annual meetings. He was elected unanimously. Rev Rolland Slade in October, […]