Southern Baptists expel California megachurch for having female pastors
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The Southern Baptist Convention also voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would require that only men be employed as qualified pastors at member churches.
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Southern Baptist leaders are in New Orleans for their annual meeting. On the agenda this year, whether to uphold the expulsion of congregations that have women pastors.
Some conservatives in the evangelical denomination fear a liberal drift, and are set to vote on a strict ban against women in church leadership. Two churches are appealing their expulsions.
The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch for having women pastors.
The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in the U.S. and widely considered a bellwether for evangelism in the nation.
Southern Baptist leaders meeting in New Orleans voted to amend their constitution to disallow women from serving as a pastor of any kind. They also extended the work of their sex abuse task force.
Delegates at the denomination’s convention voted overwhelmingly to finalize the ousters of one of its largest churches, Saddleback, and a small church in Kentucky, despite impassioned appeals from their leaders.
The Southern Baptist Convention upheld the removal of two churches for having women as pastors. The nearly 13,000 voters, called "messengers," voted overwhelmingly to uphold the churches' removals.
The Southern Baptist Convention upheld the removal of two churches for having women as pastors. The nearly 13,000 voters, called "messengers," voted overwhelmingly to uphold the churches' removals.
In a highly contentious move, today the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) reaffirmed its decision to expel two churches that have women pastors. During
The Southern Baptist Convention also voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would require that only men be employed as qualified pastors at member churches.
Southern Baptists have upheld the expulsion of two churches that have female pastors. They also voted to amend their constitution to further restrict women in ministry.
