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by **William Thornton** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:53 pm

Several local and internet news organizations carried stories about the SNAP group's apprearance in Nashville this week as the Executive Committee met.

Christa Brown SNAP blogs about it . She is a forceful advocate and a class act.
Frank Page commented.
The SBC lawyer commented.
Several bloggers jumped on it. One typical discussion

I'm guessing that the thing will not go away and the SBC will attempt to do something other than to write letters and make statements.

by **Steve Wilcox** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:08 pm

by **Dave Roberts** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:31 pm

by **William Thornton** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:07 pm

by **Rock** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:00 pm

by **Lamar Wadsworth** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:21 pm

While I am no fan of the SBC (at least not its leadership for the last 25 years or so), the challenge facing the SBC in dealing with this is no different that it is for any other group that has congregational polity with no governing hierarchy--CBF, Alliance, Primitive Baptists, Independent Baptists, Churches of Christ, et. al. If the SBC wants to move more in the direction of a hierarchy with authority over local churches, dealing with issues like this are part of the price tag. If state conventions are going to have church-minister relations offices and link up ministers and search committees, addressing this issue becomes a part of due diligence. Same goes for CBF, Alliance, seminary placement offices, or any other body that has anything to do with ministerial placement.

by **Christa Brown** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:10 pm

Greetings to all. Thanks William for again putting this topic up for discussion. With help, I've now put responses to many of the frequently asked questions on this subject up on my website - . What SNAP is asking for is similar to what some other faith groups have been implementing - i.e., some sort of independent review board that would have the professional expertise, training and objectivity to investigate and consider reports of clergy sex abuse. The point of it would be to treat allegations seriously and responsibly and to determine whether or not they bore credibility.

Also, for those of you who saw the Baptist Press accounts of SNAP's apology to SBC officials, I hope you'll take the time to also read .

by **Ed Pettibone** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:07 am

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