SBC Abuse Reform

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (473+ words) A screenshot of Faith Baptist Church of Round Rock's website. Plaintiffs allege the church provided the equipment and internet access former pastor David Walther used to download child sexual abuse material. David Walther, a former pastor at First Baptist Church…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (205+ words) Apostle Sam Adegoke of Elijah Generation Church has publicly apologized to women with whom he had sexual relationships before his marriage last month. In a statement addressing the matter, the pastor expressed deep regret over his past actions and acknowledged…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1414+ words) Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers has surrounded himself with people tied to the Living Word Church sex abuse scandal, but he’s not willing to publicly address the matter. The former FBI agent dodged one such question while collecting a local…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (621+ words) An assault and kidnapping case against a leader of a secretive North Carolina religious group appears to be finally returning to the courtroom more than nine years after her first trial ended without a verdict. Word of Faith Fellowship leader…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (383+ words) Kevin Binette, a 63-year-old former IT manager at Turner Broadcasting System, was still leading worship in metro Atlanta in July 2026, more than two decades after a written confession described sexual abuse of children and young men, according to The Roys…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1817+ words) Dustin Pennington wants you to learn from his example. He hopes you never find yourself in his situation. But if you do, he strongly, strongly advises you not to make the choices he made. Pennington, a former Assemblies of God…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (865+ words) Southern Baptist Convention President Willy Rice, who previously argued the denomination’s sexual abuse crisis was overblown, called for constant vigilance against abuse in his first address to the SBC Executive Committee. In Monday’s speech, Rice also urged churches to report…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (437+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It took only a few short minutes into his first report to the SBC Executive Committee on Monday evening for Willy Rice to address the Convention’s sexual abuse response efforts. Rice, elected SBC president in June, later said…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (882+ words) Former youth pastor Zachary Radcliff of Ypsilanti, Michigan, already facing a criminal investigation and three lawsuits filed in the past two years, has been hit with a fourth lawsuit alleging sexual abuse. The new lawsuit also accuses Radcliff’s former church,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (681+ words) It took only minutes into his first report to the SBC Executive Committee on Monday evening (Sept. 21) for Willy Rice to address the Convention’s sexual abuse response efforts. Rice, elected SBC president in June, later said the EC’s fall meeting…...