Southern Baptists, Sexual Abuse, and Partnership
Posted May 25th, 2022 by Mike Hubbard
I have spent my whole life in the faith tribe called Southern Baptists. Like any large network of churches, there are some really positive aspects and outcomes found in Gospel partnership. I have mentioned before that our participation in the Gospel and giving through the mechanism called the Cooperative Program (CP) results in our being […]
Posted in Church and Culture | Tags: Sexual Abuse, The Caring Well Challenge, The Southern Baptist Convention
The Caring Well Challenge – A Survivors Story from the Report on Sexual Abuse to SBC
Posted August 21st, 2019 by Mike Hubbard
We will be launching a very important initiative this Sunday as our church joins thousands of others participating in the Caring Well Challenge in order to protect children and make the church safe for those who have experienced sexual and other forms of abuse. This challenge comes from the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and […]
Posted in Church and Culture, Living the Gospel | Tags: Sexual Abuse, The Caring Well Challenge, The Southern Baptist Convention
Sexual Abuse, #MeToo, and the Southern Baptist Moment
Posted June 18th, 2019 by Mike Hubbard
For the past year, the Southern Baptist Convention has been embroiled in controversy around the issue of sexual abuse. At the annual gathering in June of last year these issues were brought to the forefront, with stories of predators, wolves cloaked as shepherds who moved from church to church, preying on the young and vulnerable. […]
Posted in Gospel in Life, Leadership, Living the Gospel | Tags: Sexual Abuse, The Southern Baptist Convention
Sexual Abuse, Southern Baptists, and our Response
Posted February 12th, 2019 by Mike Hubbard
It’s all over the news. Our denominational tribe is having a day of reckoning over the failure to respond properly to sexual abuse and abusers, and failure to provide a safe place for those whose lives have been wrecked by monsters to acknowledge their pain and confront accusers. This past weekend, the Houston Chronicle published […]
Posted in Church and Culture, Leadership, Living the Gospel | Tags: Sexual Abuse, The Southern Baptist Convention
We need to be Prophetically Clear about the Moment
Posted November 29th, 2017 by Mike Hubbard
But they (Simeon and Levi, sons of Jacob) said, “Should he treat our sister like a prostitute.” (Genesis 34:31, ESV) [1] God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: [2] “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? [3] Give […]
Posted in Gospel in Life, Marriage and Family | Tags: Sexual Abuse, Today Show
