NAMB: Is it true what the ABP says?

I don't like secrecy on any grounds other than national security and to protect the innocent.

No details were released about the severance package for Reccord. Sources told ABP Reccord received two years' salary plus other benefits, but Holcomb and other trustee leaders declined to discuss the specifics. "I'm not going to discuss any issue of severance," Holcomb said.

He declined also to say who is responsible for approving a severance agreement, referring those questions to NAMB's human-resources office. A representative was not available late in the day May 2.

Bill Curtis, who was elected trustee chairman in a rare contested vote, declined to discuss the specifics of Reccord's severance in an interview before the meeting. However, when asked about the report of two-years' salary, he said "there is precedent at other SBC agencies" for such a settlement.

Why should we believe secrecy (legaleezee = nondisclosure) is a good thing?

Our denomination has prided itself on its openness and ethical integrity. Lay people support the SBC with the understanding that they will be fully informed and that there is always an accounting.

I'm hoping the package, whatever it is, is fair and adequate to the Reccords but that a public discloser won't be too long in coming!

And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.

Hebrews 4:13

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