by Christa Brown | Aug 2, 2022 | Opinion
Many have applauded the sexual abuse reforms of the Southern Baptist Convention, adopted at their annual meeting last June. Not me. The devil is in the details, and those details give me little reason to cheer. Here’s why. Bruce Frank, who led the SBC’s Sexual Abuse...
by Christa Brown and David Clohessy | Aug 6, 2020 | Opinion
Does it get any sicker than this? At a flagship megachurch of the Southern Baptist Convention, church staffer James A. Hook sexually abused a 15-year-old church girl. Hook sent the girl sexually explicit photos of her own mother – photos he had taken when he had an...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 20, 2019 | News
Christa Brown, author of “This Little Light: Beyond a Baptist Preacher Predator and his Gang,” has spent years doing volunteer advocacy work on behalf of Baptist clergy sex abuse survivors. Where did you grow up? Wichita, Kansas, and Farmers Branch, Texas, a suburb of...
by Christa Brown | Feb 15, 2019 | Opinion
A 16-year-old girl was groomed and manipulated into an abusive “relationship” by the youth pastor of her evangelical church. When the truth came to light, she was shamed, blamed and silenced. The pastor continued in ministry. This is the story of Emily Joy, co-creator...
by Christa Brown | Sep 26, 2018 | Opinion
With the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh thrown into question by sexual assault allegations, President Trump tweeted that “if it was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed.” Distressed by the president’s apparent ignorance...
