By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged
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Look for a little thunder today, but I don’t see any rain in the Nashville, Tennessee, forecast for next week.
That’s probably a good thing because I’m not sure how many more leaks the Southern Baptist Convention can take.
The heat will be turned up, though, as 16,000 Baptist messengers converge on Music City for the denomination’s (yes, I’m going to use that word) biggest annual meeting in a quarter-century.
Last week’s Plug-in set the scene, but the headlines just keep coming.
The new developments start with Washington Post religion writer Sarah Pulliam Bailey’s scoop last Saturday on a leaked letter detailing allegations that Southern Baptist leaders mishandled sex abuse claims.
Next up: leaded audio Thursday of SBC officials showing reluctance to take action against churches accused of mishandling abuse, as The Associated Press’ Peter Smith and Travis Loller, Religion News Service’s Bob Smietana and Adelle M. Banks and The Tennessean’s Holly Meyer report.
This column appears in the online magazine Religion Unplugged.
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