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When Immanuel Baptist Church's board of deacons met Sunday to discuss Lead Pastor Steven Smith's handling of child sex abuse accusations, three deacons with relatives who have reported abuse were barred from entering the room, according to one of the deacons who was denied entrance.
If the members want him to step aside, Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith told them Sunday he is prepared to do so, saying he and his wife "continue to serve at the will and the pleasure of the congregation."
If the members want him to step aside, Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith told them Sunday he is prepared to do so, saying he and his wife "continue to serve at the will and the pleasure of the congregation."
About four months before Patrick Stephen Miller's arrest on a charge accusing him of sexually assaulting a child at a Southern Baptist church in Little Rock, Miller's Oklahoma employer threw him a party and invited all the kids.
About four months before Patrick Stephen Miller's arrest on a charge accusing him of sexually assaulting a child at a Southern Baptist church in Little Rock, Miller's Oklahoma employer threw him a party and invited all the kids.