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Also posted today are several sidebars:

Reccord Responds to Criticism | Full text of former mission head's statement.

Pastors and Lay Leaders: Reccord a 'Godly Man of Uncompromising Integrity' | A statement of support.

Rick Warren: 'You Can't Put New Wine in Old Wineskins' | Denomination's most prominent pastor on Reccord's resignation.

News elsewhere on the story includes:

Baptist official accused of mismanagement quits | Missions chief resigns after mixed reports on spending (Apr. 20, The Tennessean)

Baptist missions chief quits after inquiry | The head of a Southern Baptist Convention missions board has resigned in the wake of an internal investigation into financial dealings that cleared him of wrongdoing but criticized his management style (Apr. 18, Associated Press)

Baptist missions leader quits | Management of finances questioned (Apr. 18, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

NAMB president Bob Reccord resigns | Cites 'philosophical and methodological differences' as reasons for parting ways (Apr. 17, Baptist Press)

Also: Welch, Chapman thank Reccord, voice optimism for future (Apr. 17, Baptist Press)

NAMB president Bob Reccord resigns over allegations of poor management | After a trustee investigation produced a scathing report of numerous examples of poor management, Bob Reccord resigned as president of the North American Mission Board, effective immediately. (Apr. 17, Associated Baptist Press)

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