This Little Light

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>As a child in Farmers Branch Texas Christa Brown was preyed upon by her youth minister. Then her church community people she thought were her friends betrayed her. She was treated as a seductress while in their eyes he remained a good God-honoring man. Trusted authority figures told her to pray for forgiveness and keep quiet.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Years later having a teenage daughter of her own made Christa realize that what she'd always thought of as an affair was actually something much more sinister-abuse.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Christa spent decades suffering from the repercussions of her childhood trauma before deciding to break her silence. The story shared in this book is a call for accountability within the Southern Baptist Convention. It highlights the denomination's alarming inaction and downright punishing of victims. Brown's fight for justice casts the Church's widespread culture of denial the negligence of denominational leaders and the harmful impact of their do-nothingness in stark relief.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>This is not just about one man's crime but about an institutional failure affecting thousands.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In the fifteen years since its initial publication the need for institutional reform remains pressing as Southern Baptist leaders continue to evade meaningful action. </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This Little Light</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is both a call to action and a testament to the enduring power of truth.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Brown is also the author of </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse Betrayal and Transformation</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>. </span></p>