In the News ... "Scandal shakes SBC"

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• Local pastors say churches’ independence has made reform difficult

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
• Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - The autonomy that Southern Baptist churches have always jealously protected is at the core of the sexual abuse problems plaguing them, ministers say.

The Revs. Aubrey Jones, Mike Atkins and John Copeland say the instances recently detailed by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News have brought increased vigilance to Baptist churches everywhere ...

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