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Thursday, August 21, 2025

Whistleblower's death casts pall on Southern Baptist meeting and stalled sex abuse reforms - The Independent

More than 10,000 church representatives are gathered in Dallas for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention

More than 10,000 church representatives are gathered in Dallas for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, which began Tuesday morning with praise sessions and optimistic reports about growing numbers of baptisms.

But casting a pall over the gathering is the recent death of one of the most high-profile whistleblowers in the Southern Baptists' scandal of sexual abuse.

Jennifer Lyell, a onetime denominational...



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