(RNS) — Jennifer Lyell, an editor and author whose promising career in Christian publishing was derailed when she accused a former Southern Baptist leader of abuse, died Saturday (June 7). She ...

Jennifer Lyell, an editor and author whose promising career in Christian publishing was derailed when she accused a former Southern Baptist leader of abuse, died Saturday. She was 47.

She was 47. Jennifer Lyell, a former vice president at Lifeway and an abuse survivor who advocated for reform in the Southern Baptist Convention, died on June 7 at the age of 47.

Ms. Lyell was a vice president at the Southern Baptist Convention’s publishing arm, Lifeway Christian Resources, when she disclosed to her superior in 2018 that a professor at Southern Baptist ...

Lifeway spokesperson Carol Pipes told Religion News Service: "We are saddened to hear the news of the passing of Jennifer Lyell. Lifeway sends our prayers and deepest sympathies to Jennifer's ...

Lyell, a former vice president of Lifeway, a Southern Baptist publishing arm, was also named in the lawsuit. In 2019, she went public with her allegations against Sills.

A woman who worked as an editor for Lifeway Publishing and accused a Southern Baptist seminary professor of sexual abuse, leading to an investigation into SBC handling of abuse, has died. Jennifer ...

“Sister Jennifer did a good, true, and honorable thing,” Judd wrote on her social media accounts. “A hard, costly thing.” Lyell died June 7. She was 47.

Lyell, a former vice president of Lifeway, a Southern Baptist publishing arm, was also named in the lawsuit. In 2019, she went public with her allegations against Sills.

Jennifer Lyell's life and her voice mattered. The way we honor her, and other victims of abuse, is to keep fighting the good fight ourselves, whether we see the change we want in our lifetimes or not.

Lyell eventually left her job at Lifeway amid the turmoil. “We are saddened to hear the news of the passing of Jennifer Lyell.