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The head of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, urged the denomination to adopt a constitutional amendment that would create a committee that will help fight sex abuse.

Speaking at the SBC Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama on Tuesday, new SBC President Ronnie Floyd told the messengers gathered that they should adopt a measure to create a “Standing Credentials Committee” that would, among other things, help to process sex abuse claims.

“The Southern Baptist Convention does stand against all forms and actions of sexual abuse, viewing it as a horrific evil. As Southern Baptists, we must address this comprehensively and correctly,” said Floyd.

“Unquestionably and undoubtedly, we must make a clear, compassionate, convictional, and compelling statement about this issue in every way we can.”

Floyd touted the proposal, noting that the new committee “will help in cases where one of our churches takes any position that departs from our most deeply held doctrines and beliefs, including in matters involving human dignity, which, of course, includes sexual abuse.”

“Its creation will be perfectly in keeping with our Baptist polity, which includes both our belief in the absolute autonomy of the local church and the right of our Convention to define the terms of its fellowship with the churches it serves,” continued Floyd.

“The proposal recognizes that, given the challenges presented to us in a rapidly secularizing culture, the SBC needs to be ready to deal with any challenge to our integrity and our witness.”… (Excerpted from Christian Post article by Michael Gryboski)

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Susie
June 15, 2019

AMEN! I pray to support SBC in this endeavor. I pray that the church in all walks of Christendom stand up and defend the morality of our country. I pray that the morality of our country be first and for most in all of our churches. I pray for strength for all Pastors to help in destroying the sodom and Gomorrah mentality in our country. In Jesus Name!

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