Heavy Hearts Surround Southern Baptists' Annual Meeting

Pastor Adam Wyatt was driving to a hospital visit in southern Mississippi last month when he began crying angry tears. "I usually don't do that," said Wyatt, who had stayed up late the night before to read through the devastating 288-page report on Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) leaders' response to abuse. "It's been a long year." In June 2021, Wyatt was on his way to the previous SBC annual meeting in Nashville when he received a call to become the senior pastor of Corinth Baptist Church. By the time he left the meeting a few days later, he had another new title: Executive Committee (EC) trustee.