By Aaron Weaver, Baptist History & Heritage Society WACO, Texas — In a plenary session titled “The Lord is an Avenger: Patriarchy, Predators and Preventing Exploitation,” the Rev. Dr. Meredith Stone and the Rev. Dr. Jay Kieve challenged churches and institutions to take seriously the systemic roots of abuse and to adopt practices that prioritize… Read more »
Baptist leaders urge accountability, concrete reforms to prevent abuse
By Ron West In any list of Baptist women in missionary leadership, Southern Baptist missionary Faye Pearson would certainly be in the roll of qualified candidates. Pearson served more than 30 years as a missionary under appointment by the Foreign Mission Board (FMB), later International Mission Board (IMB), of the Southern Baptist Convention. She had… Read more »