Tuesday night at the SBC Annual Meeting, SBCvoices sponsored a breakout session introducing trauma-informed care and how it can be used in local church ministry.
We hope this brief overview is helpful in beginning a conversation about trauma and trauma-informed care in the local church.
Debbie Vasquez wants to talk with you at our #StandWithSurvivors Booth
Our booth at the #SBCPC began not as some grand plan, but with a simple promise. Debbie Vasquez was making a great effort to come to the annual meeting, so she could talk to messengers, pass out the material she prepared, and do everything she can to keep other children from going through the horror […]
A video message from SBC Abuse Survivors
A Video Message from SBC Abuse Survivors from Citygate Films on Vimeo.
Sexual Abuse Reform Resource List for Anaheim
The following is a list of suggested resources in preparation for the SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim. This page will be updated as we become aware of additional helpful material. *** A Video Message from SBC Abuse Survivors *** A video message from SBC Abuse Survivors Core Documents The Gaines Motion to form the […]
SBC Voices’ #StandWithSurvivors project in Anaheim
SBC Voices* will be active this June at the SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim to give a voice to SBC abuse survivors, educate messengers about the need to support structural reforms on the denominational level, and help SBC churches minister well to survivors of abuse. We’ll be hosting a booth at the Pastors’ Conference and a […]
Debbie Vasquez and the fallacy of the “angry survivor”
Debbie Vasquez, now in her mid-sixties, was molested by a minister in her church beginning when she was 14 years old and was later impregnated by him. The perpetrator went on to pastor for decades, most recently at an SBC church that withdrew from the Convention when the credentials committee began an inquiry. If you […]
Interview with Daniel Dickard: Candidate for SBC Pastors’ Conference President
Up until a few weeks ago, I had personally never heard of Daniel Dickard. When he was announced as a candidate for SBC PC president, I reached out to him. His heart for ministry, for the SBC, and his passion for ministry exuded from him and I was greatly encouraged by our conversation. I asked […]
A tale of two motions: How the messengers and two entities respond to the call for independent investigations
With all the Convention focused on the Executive Committee and the Gaines/Parrott motion that formed an independent task force, I think it might be helpful to highlight a similar motion and its disposition by the messengers and the body to which it was referred. The motion I am referring to is the one made by […]
A Call to Prayer for the SBC
Over the next week, the Sex Abuse Task Force will meet with officers of the SBC Executive Committee officers to come to an agreement on waiving attorney-client privilege as directed by the messengers of the 2021 SBC meeting. The authors of the original motion, Ronnie Parrot and Grant Gaines are entering into 7 days of […]
A message to SBC Members from Jennifer Lyell
The following was first delivered as a twitter thread and attachment — reposted here with permission. Be sure to read the email linked at the bottom.
ERLC Trustees Initiate an Assessment of Sexual Abuse in the SBC
While all eyes seem fixed on the EC meeting next week, a significant step in addressing sexual abuse in the SBC took place this morning at the ERLC trustee meeting. In June, a motion was made at the SBC annual meeting calling for an “audit and assessment of sexual abuse within the SBC.” That motion […]
3 Commitments for Leading Your Church to Address Sexual Abuse
Last week at #SBC21, messengers sent a clear message that we want our denomination to address the issue of sexual abuse and stand with survivors. As many survivors have pointed out, our decisions made at the annual meeting must be followed up by meaningful action or what we said is just words. Coming home, most […]