A member of the board of deacons of Immanuel Baptist Church (IBC) in Little Rock, Arkansas, has called for the resignation of senior pastor Steven Smith due to alleged years-long mishandling of sexual abuse by former church employees.
In an 11-page letter, David Choate, a deacon at IBC since 2018, called on Smith to resign, stating the lead pastor has “proven himself to be untruthful and untrustworthy.” It’s the latest development in a widening sex abuse scandal that has consumed the prominent SBC megachurch over the past month, as The Roys Report (TRR) previously reported.