Editor’s note: Baptist and Reflector editor Chris Turner had the opportunity on March 10 to interview Jeff Iorg, Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee president and CEO for a B&R exclusive. Many of the questions to which Iorg responded were gathered from among Tennessee Baptist pastors.

Jeff Iorg speaks during his installation service last fall. — Photo by Van Payne / The Baptist Paper
Baptist & Reflector: Dr. Iorg, would you please explain why Cooperative Program (CP) dollars are being used to pay legal fees associated with the sexual abuse cases?
Iorg: Southern Baptists only have one revenue source and that’s the Cooperative Program, that’s how we pay our bills. We’re working to possibly sell the SBC building (in downtown Nashville), which would generate additional revenue that we could use instead. Until we accomplish that, the only source we have is the Cooperative Program. [Read more…]


