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)
Months before Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith apologized to his congregation for failing to tell them about an accusation that a former ministry staffer had sexually abused a child, a church employee resigned over Smith's handling of a different matter involving a minor.
