2 Ntx Churches Cleared of Wrongdoing after Being Singled out by Southern Baptist Leader, by Dana Branham, NBCDFW 5, February 27, 2019

2 Ntx Churches Cleared of Wrongdoing after Being Singled out by Southern Baptist Leader

By Dana Branham
NBCDFW 5
February 27, 2019

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/2-NTX-Churches-Cleared-of-Wrongdoing-After-Being-Singled-Out-by-Southern-Baptist-Leader-506470151.html

The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is shown on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. Southern Baptists leaders, pressed to grow membership and weighted by the past, have asked churches in the U.S. to approve a name change. Leaders say, however, they still intend to continue to call themselves "Baptist." (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is shown on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. Southern Baptists leaders, pressed to grow membership and weighted by the past, have asked churches in the U.S. to approve a name change. Leaders say, however, they still intend to continue to call themselves "Baptist." (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Southern Baptist Convention officials cleared two of the three North Texas churches that the convention's president singled out last week for scrutiny in the wake of a sex abuse scandal.

President J.D. Greear targeted 10 churches in a speech last week, saying the denomination should kick out churches that show a "wanton disregard for sexual abuse and for caring for the survivors."

The three North Texas churches Greear listed were First Baptist Church in Bedford, Bolivar Baptist Church in Sanger and Arapaho Road Baptist Church in Garland.