In this groundbreaking memoir and exposé, Christa Brown tells the story of clergy sex abuse and cover-ups in the largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. As she shares her journey from trusting church girl to tenacious advocate for children's safety, Brown shines a light on the patterns of preacher-predators and the collusion of evangelical leaders. This Little Light speaks of the unspeakable, and in doing so, testifies to the transformative power of truth-telling. "Moving, eye-opening, shocking and even suspenseful...Christa Brown does not hold back in this courageous account." -- Luci Westphal, filmmaker, All God's Children "This book should rightly make any honest Christian furious..." --Rev. Thomas Doyle, J.C.D., co-author, Sex, Priests and Secret Codes This Little Light should stir Baptist leaders to action. And it should help all of us understand just exactly what's at stake. --Eileen Flynn, The Austin American-Statesman The SBC has refused to keep a list of its criminal clergymen; Brown has kindly begun to keep one for them, pro bono. They have clearly bullied the wrong woman, and in so doing have awakened both a whistleblower of historic proportions and a writer. --Patrick Lindsay Bowles, London Times Literary Supplement "This book should rightly make any honest Christian furious..." "Despite the extraordinary recalcitrance of Baptist officials, Christa's story is not one of fatalism and bitterness, but of courage and hope." "Christa Brown is a courageous, tenacious campaigner against sexual abuse among Southern Baptist clergy..." "Christa Brown is a courageous, tenacious campaigner against sexual abuse among Southern Baptist clergy..." Told from the perspective of the church girl, the wife, the mom, and the activist, This Little Light is a story that attempts to speak of the unspeakable and to sort out its impact on mind, body and spirit. It is also a story of institutionalized inertia that cloaks evil behind a veil of denial. And it is a story of survivor empowerment that brings with it the hope for change. The decision to write this book did not come easily. Why in the world would I choose to speak publicly about something so unspeakable? In the words of my favorite childhood song, I decided to let "this little light of mine" shine in the hope that it might illumine a path for others and open a gateway to change. "Southern Baptists decide against pedophilia database." One of TIME's Top 10 underreported news stories of 2008 , the Southern Baptist Convention's unwillingness to protect its children deserves scrutiny. In sharing her painful history, Christa Brown shines a light on the patterns of Baptist clergy sex abuse and the collusion of Baptist leadership. The Baptist "good ol' boys" network is exposed as a web of power and manipulation, centralizing everything except responsibility for informing congregations about predator pastors who commit unspeakable crimes and church-hop with ease. God, scripture and faith become the pedophiles' weapons for gaining victims' submission. God, scripture, faith, hush-money, and intimidation then become the church leaders' weapons for silencing victims. An attorney and activist, Christa Brown appeared on ABC 20/20's "Preacher Predators" program. She has been described as the "public face" of Baptist abuse survivors. Brown devotes much of her time to volunteer efforts to bring clergy accountability to Baptist-land and to support clergy abuse survivors.