How Will SBC Fare After Unprecedented Committee Exodus?

When the Executive Committee (EC) of the Southern Baptist Convention gathers in Nashville this week, it will no longer face the contentious debate over waiving attorney-client privilege in an abuse investigation, the topic that dominated a contentious series of meetings last fall. Seventeen members of the Executive Committee have resigned since June. All but one left because of the conflict over waiving privilege in an investigation into the EC's response to abuse. The choice to waive attorney-client privilege was approved near-unanimously by thousands of messengers at last year's annual meeting.