It all began on February 23, when a post on social media went viral, accusing Alexa of entering a public bathroom and harassing a woman and a child. This information was denied days later by the person who first published the accusation. A photo of Alexa was widely disseminated on social media along with accusations that she was a sexual deviant and a pedophile. These accusations monopolized public opinion in a matter of hours. Less than 24 hours after publication, her body was found. Murdered.

A few months after the BPFNA celebrated its 25th anniversary at the 2009 Summer Conference, the late Glenn Stassen wrote an obituary for Robert Broome in which he declared, “Had there been no Robert Broome, there never would have been a Baptist Peacemaker.”

At the annual BPFNA Summer Conference July 20- 25, where we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Baptist Peace Fellowship, we also celebrated the crucial contribution of Robert Broome to the fellowship’s very existence, and we mourned his pass- ing only nine days earlier. Robert died of cancer on July 11, at age 66. On Thursday evening of the Summer Conference, we commemorated Robert’s contributions to our lives during a special evening worship service, which then became a memorial for several other early BPFNA members. Had it not been for Robert Broome, there might be no Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America.