by Bob Allen | Jan 16, 2008 | News
A recently announced candidate for president of the Southern Baptist Convention who has in the past said he would support treatment to change the sexual orientation of pre-born infants from gay to straight and called it sinful for married couples to remain childless... by Bob Allen | Jan 16, 2008 | News
An African-American Baptist preacher once promoted by past Southern Baptist Convention presidents Paige Patterson and Jerry Vines and the late television preacher Jerry Falwell surrendered to police in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday afternoon on charges of lewd and... by Bob Allen | Dec 31, 2007 | News
EthicsDaily.com reported 11 arrests, three convictions, two lawsuits and one suicide involving alleged sexual abuse by clergy in 2007. Other stories included a church that allowed a convicted sex offender to preach from its pulpit while knowing about his past and... by Bob Allen | Dec 28, 2007 | News
A victims’ advocate says a Florida pastor accused of sending obscene text messages to a minor might have been stopped if the Southern Baptist Convention had a database of sexual abuse by clergy. “This is the sort of thing that happens when a sexual... by Bob Allen | Dec 26, 2007 | News
Once the most sought-after African-American on the Southern Baptist Convention preaching circuit before sexual misconduct marred his ministry in the 1990s, Pastor Darrell Gilyard has taken a leave of absence from his Jacksonville, Fla., mega-church after a woman told...