10 calls to action for Southern Baptists on sexual abuse

BY PHILLIP BETHANCOURT,
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Feb 19, 2019

The Houston Chronicle recently published a series of articles related to sexual abuse and the Southern Baptist Convention. The stories included are heartbreaking. Part 1 brought to light over 380 Southern Baptist Church leaders or volunteers accused of sexual abuse or misconduct impacting over 700 victims and survivors. Part 2 covered predators who successfully moved from one church to another. Part 3 dealt with youth pastors who prey on teens by using their access to students through the church to groom and sexually abuse youth. More→

Abuse Prevention Resources

The Arizona Southern Baptist Convention has a list of resource links available for churches to help protect their members from abuse. More →

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What does it mean to do “due diligence” in hiring staff or recruiting volunteers? Recommended reading from Dr. Johnson for your church. A blog post by John Litzler, from Church Law.

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Disaster Relief Training

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BGR 2M2E Event

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State VBS Conference

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Easter Outreach Resources

The AZSBC and Outreach, Inc. have partnered to provide resources for churches.

Marriage Conference

Coming up Saturday, Feb. 23, at North Phoenix Baptist Church.

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Way to go, Arizona Southern Baptists!

By David Johnson, executive director, Arizona Southern Baptist Convention –

Arizona Southern Baptists went beyond all expectations in giving to missions in 2018! Giving to the Cooperative Program and every mission offering increased last year. AZSBC churches gave $3,387,420.62 to missions through the Cooperative Program in 2018, which is an increase of $154,524.99 over the previous year. That represents a 5 percent increase in one year!

Giving to the Arizona Mission Offering also increased dramatically in 2018 to $208,556.61, thanks in part to a special one-time gift from one of our churches, but even without that gift, the offering still took in $2,659.73 more than 2017.

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