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Associated Baptist Press
Georgia pastor Peter Lumpkins says SBC agency heads “cannot and should not” align with individuals or organizations in ways that harm the reputation of all Southern Baptists.
By Bob Allen
A Georgia pastor and blogger says denominational officials are ignoring a resolution adopted at this year’s Southern Baptist Convention calling for a zero-tolerance policy toward the sexual abuse of children in churches.
Peter Lumpkins, who blogs at SBC Tomorrow, proposed the 2013 SBC resolution on sexual abuse of children and amended a committee-drafted version from the floor urging denominational leaders and employees to “utilize the highest sense of discernment in affiliating with groups and or individuals that possess questionable policies and practices in protecting our children from criminal abuse.”
In comments posted Oct. 10, Lumpkins said high-profile SBC leaders are carrying on with business as usual in the kind of practices that first prompted his concern.
He criticized Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President Danny Akin for promoting an upcoming collegiate conference featuring C.J. Mahaney, the former head of Sovereign Grace Ministries named in a lawsuit alleging what some call the biggest evangelical sex-abuse scandal to date.
He also lamented that others appearing on the same program include Russell Moore, the recently elected president of the SBC Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
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