Immanuel Baptist pastor apologizes for not informing congregation about child-abuse allegation

December 11, 2023 at 4:12 a.m.

by Frank E. Lockwood

Immanuel Baptist Church Pastor Steven Smith is shown listening to a guest during City Center Conversations in Little Rock in this Feb. 28, 2020 file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette file photo)
Immanuel Baptist Church Pastor Steven Smith is shown listening to a guest during City Center Conversations in Little Rock in this Feb. 28, 2020 file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette file photo)


Immanuel Baptist Church Pastor Steven Smith, reading from a prepared statement, apologized Sunday morning to members for failing to inform them about an accusation that a former ministry staffer had sexually abused a child.

Smith,

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