SBC Leader: Trying to Prevent Abuse Will Destroy the Mission

In fiery comments to an online meeting Thursday (June 2), a member of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee warned that taking steps to prevent abuse in churches would lead to ruin. "I am terrified that we are breaching our long-standing position of being a voluntary association of independent churches, when we start telling churches that they should do this or do that to protect children or women," Joe Knott, a North Carolina attorney and longtime committee member, warned.