DOJ investigating multiple entities within Southern Baptist Convention, leaders say

The Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention, according to leaders of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

In an emailed statement to The Christian Post on Friday, the SBC Executive Committee said that the DOJ “has initiated an investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention, and that the investigation will include multiple SBC entities.”

The SBC leadership said they were “resolved to fully and completely cooperate with the investigation,” implying that the investigation is tied to a May 22 report by Guidepost Solutions and commissioned by the SBC’s Executive Committee detailing how some leaders mishandled allegations of abuse and mistreated victims of abuse. “While we continue to grieve and lament past mistakes related to sexual abuse, current leaders across the SBC have demonstrated a firm conviction to address those issues of the past and are implementing measures to ensure they are never repeated in the future,” the Great Commission Council said in the statement…. (Excerpt from The Christian Post)