The Southern Baptist culture of abuse

...carried by survivors, while the institution limps away from meaningful reform

Women pray during the Pastors’ Wives and Women in Ministry Conference, held alongside the SBC annual meeting in Dallas this week (where once again, Southern Baptists are expected to vote on whether to enshrine a prohibition on women in pastoral roles). PHOTO: Baptist Press

Reporting on church sex abuse, I sometimes worry how much a single heart can take…