On April 8, Pastor John Finley stood before his
congregation in Tennessee with an announcement. After 31 years at the
church, he resigned.
He held a microphone and read from a piece of paper.
“I made some
poor choices and was involved with two females in inappropriate
behavior,” Finley said. “There was no sex. Both ladies were over 18. In
the best interest of our church, I choose to resign immediately.”
But the women who sent a letter that spurred Finley’s resignation from
Bartlett Hills Baptist Church near Memphis have a different story to
tell.
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The story of Travis Avenue unfolds against a backdrop of the Southern
Baptist Convention’s own recent reckoning with how it deals with abuse.
In May 2018, Paige Patterson, head of Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, was fired
over mishandling reported sexual abuse. At June’s annual meeting of the
Southern Baptist Convention, which took place in Dallas, much of the
conversation revolved around the treatment of women and how churches
ought to deal with reports of abuse.
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