This Little Light by Christa Brown
July 30, 2010 | 
Author You ever feel helpless in the face of some enormous problem? After starting to pull back the curtain on the clergy-sex abuse problem in the Southern Baptist Convention, that is how I now feel. Christa Brown has bravely laid out her case as a faithful teenager, taken advantage of by her youth minister decades ago. The evidence laid out, the depth of cover-up, and the lengths that some will go to is astounding. Makes me a little sick to my stomach. Even more troubling, Christa is not alone. I wish we could say that sex-abuse case in the SBC are few and far between, but they are all to common, and the cover-ups may even be more egregious than the abuse itself.
I will probably do a more complete write up on this book in the weeks to come, but for now, I just felt the immediate need to respond.
To my Southern Baptist family: We have to get this right. If you are a SBC minister and have a sexual relationship with ANYONE in your church that you are not married to, you are out of ministry. Is that tough? Unforgiving? Maybe, yes, but we can no longer allow our pulpits to be safe-harbours for sexual predators.
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Hi Josh, I’ve read all you have written on facebook and your own website(s). No doubt the Lord is growing you into a deep relationship with Him. May the good Lord bless and keep you. May His face always shine upon you, Josh, and give you peace.
Breathe in-breathe out, because you are loved.
Sincerely, Gigi/mom Dixon
Thanks Gigi, for this comment, the card, and all the wonderful things you do. I hear we have another addition to the family!
SBC has got waaay bigger problems in this area than most any denom. WHERE did CC get their governing philosophy? SBC of course. And CC is way ahead of the curve on this, relative to SBC. Would that your comments at PhxP reflected this reality more.
Jim, where have I ever denied that SBC had a HUGE problem in this area? I’ll talk about SBC on PhxP anytime, but it is mostly a CC forum. So what is your beef with me again?