Christa Brown

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

A paper revealing how SBC leaders have chosen to privilege their self-constructed version of “local church autonomy” as the singular component of Baptist identity so as to reject common safeguards against clergy sex abuse. “In so choosing, they allow religious doctrine to facilitate and mask clergy violence.”

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.

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.