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6 Principles for Guarding Churches Against Predators
By: Gricel Medina | May 30, 2018
Predators seek out churches and communities that have a culture of naiveté. They’re looking for leadership that will consistently give them the benefit of the doubt and congregations that easily trust them with young people.
Paige Patterson, SWBTS, and the Problem with "Sorry, Not Sorry"
By: Dawn Choate | May 24, 2018
The reality is, whether you’re Baptist or not, Patterson’s lack of perceivable remorse and his colleagues’ refusal to offer any real consequences or change is a signal that we have much work to do in the larger body of Christ. This isn’t just a “Baptist problem.”
Abuse Is Wrong Because Women Are People, Not Because You Have Daughters
By: Tim Fall | May 22, 2018
These pleas for better treatment and an end to abuse are a step in the right direction. But many of these anti-abuse statements still center men and their experiences and render women objects.
A Response to Paige Patterson's Comments on Abuse
By: Sarah Lindsay | May 7, 2018
Last week, an audio tape from 2000 resurfaced in which Paige Patterson, currently the president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a prominent leader in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), described counseling women to remain in abusive marriages.
What Comes After the Hashtag: Justice in the Wake of #MeToo
By: Jodi Hansen | April 9, 2018
On a temperate Southern California evening in 1982, I was raped. It was one of those all-too-common stories of a college girl being assaulted at a party. It was also one of those well-hidden stories of a Christian male refusing to take “no” for an answer.
5 Steps for Churches When Abuse Happens
By: Ashley Easter | March 28, 2018
I’d like to present five steps for proper response to abuse disclosure in churches. I hope that churches facing similar situations in the future will have the tools and knowledge to do better.
Do Gender Roles Keep Women Safe?: A Response to John Piper
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 21, 2018
In a recent Desiring God podcast entitled “Sex-Abuse Allegations and the Egalitarian Myth,” Piper argues that egalitarians are to blame for abuse of girls and women because we neglect God-created gender differences. By elevating gender competence—giftedness for any vocation—over God’s design for men to lead women, egalitarians have [...]
A Letter to Pastors in the Age of #ChurchToo
By: Maggie Konstanski | March 12, 2018
Women live in a world where violence, oppression, and marginalization are the norm. Every day, we wake up to stories of abuse and assault. It’s not contained to Hollywood. We’re seeing abuse in all spheres of societies across the globe. And tragically, we’re seeing it in the church, where we might expect [...]
How Egalitarian Theology Sets Men Free Too
By: Sarah Brooks | February 7, 2018
Few Christians can say that their church has handled abuse, sexual exploitation, and domestic violence against women properly. Likely even fewer can say that their church has acknowledged male victims of abuse/violence. Patriarchy is bad for women. But honestly, it’s bad for men too.
4 Problems with Andy Savage's Apology
By: Ashley Easter | January 10, 2018
This past Friday, The Wartburg Watch exposed megachurch pastor Andy Savage for sexually assaulting a teenage girl, Jules Woodsen, who has now come forward to share her story. Twenty years ago, Savage drove then-seventeen year-old Woodson down a secluded road and sexually assaulted her. At the time, Savage was an adult college student and serving [...]