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Full Disclosure by the Baptist Press. I am so very thankful. Who watches over your Pastor, Deacons and other Church leaders, AND YOUR CONGRGATION! Do you have a monitoring system? There is an epidemic of sex abuse in Churches. WOW! I never thought in my lifetime as as a Pastor and news reporter, would I be reporting on so much evil in the Church. You do not have to be a genius to figure out this is chasing away people from the American Church! Too many so called Christians are showing unbelieving America just what it wants to see from so called Christians.
We could start a ‘Crimes of the American Church’ section on our website! UGH! I want to VOMIT!! I am totally disgusted! What happened to a solid Biblical vetting system in these Churches! MY GOODNESS!
One look at Facebook, and you see how crazy some Christians have become!
It is getting very dark here, much division and compromise of God’s Word from many pulpits! We are living in a time when just 4% of Americans have a Biblical Worldview and only 37% of Pastors have a Biblical Worldview. Barna Research.
* “46 percent of adults are now unchurched – an increase from the 35 percent in 2005.”
* “62 percent of the unchurched consider themselves to be Christian.”
Stands out like a very sore thumb, as we said back in the day, the fact is is a much worse than that. It is the downfall of the Christian Church in America. More Here
By BP Staff, posted May 16, 2024 in Sexual Abuse
SYLVESTER, Ga. (BP) – Jerry Dan Heflin was arrested May 7 and charged with more than 60 felony counts, including child molestation, aggravated sodomy, sexual battery against a child and incest.
The charges stem from a 2016 incident, WALB News reported.
Heflin, 60, was a deacon at Unity Baptist Church in the South Georgia town of Sylvester. Church leadership released a statement May 10:
“Due to the recent headlines and social media comments inferring that the criminal charges involving Mr. Jerry Heflin occurred at Unity Baptist Church, our church feels compelled to respond. We have great confidence that our judicial system has investigated the facts surrounding these charges and that the judicial system will handle the matter in an appropriate manner. More Here