Hugging The Cactus
The Quarter Inch (5/25/2022)
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Dear Friends,
The Day of Reckoning continues.
Over the past few years we have witnessed scandal after scandal erupting in the conservative evangelical world, and this week’s news regarding the Southern Baptist Convention might be the most significant. It is not just one particular—if influential—church like Willow Creek or Mars Hill. It appears, from a bombshell independent investigation, that for decades the executive leadership of the largest Protestant denomination in the United States systematically covered up allegations of sexual abuse in its ranks.
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