Christa Brown

“… a whistleblower of historic proportions.” — The London Times

A paper revealing how Southern Baptist leaders have chosen to privilege their self-constructed version of “local church autonomy” as the singular component of Baptist identity for purposes of refusing what are now common-place mechanisms for the prevention of clergy sex abuse. “In so choosing, they allow religious doctrine to facilitate and mask clergy violence.”

A 2019 Virginia lawsuit alleges negligence, gross negligence & recklessness against the SBC for, among other things, its “failure to establish a database to inform and notify its member churches and members” about clergy sex abusers.

My chapter on “Yoga as a Practice of Restorative Justice,” telling how yoga can be used as a tool for healing the trauma of childhood sexual assault, and tying it in with a cancer journey.