I’m so glad you’ve joined me at the intersection of faith and true crime here at The Unlovely Truth. Security issues are hiding in every church - do you know where to look for them? I’m your host, church safety coach Lori Morrison. Our churches need to be the safest places in our communities, so our mission here is to find actionable steps that will make our churches sanctuaries of physical, emotional, and spiritual safety. To give you tools to help make that happen in your church, we’re going to investigate real crime stories from real churches. I’ve got three cases for us to investigate today, so let’s dive right in. 

Highlights from this episode include:

• According to LifeWay Research, barely half of churches run background checks on staff members who work with the church’s kids
• Leaders at a church admit that one of their staff members engaged in behavior that was “inappropriate.” Yet they have kept him on staff.
• A former administrator at Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas stands accused of attempting to interfere with a grand jury investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of sexual abuse

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How many churches do background checks on staff and people who work woth kids?

Why is this guy still on a church staff?

Former seminary admin indicted on federal charges