Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastors
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Delegates voted 9,437-1,212 to reject an appeal by Rick Warren, Saddleback's founding pastor and best-selling author of "The Purpose Driven Life."
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Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastors
Two Southern Baptist churches ousted for having women pastors will be appealing that decision at the Southern Baptist Convention's upcoming annual meeting. Saddleback Church's founding pastor, Rick Warren, is urging
The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having women pastors.
The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to affirm a decision made earlier this year to remove Saddleback Church, a major southern California congregation founded by the pastor and author Rick Warren, due to its having women pastors.
The Southern Baptist Convention has voted to enforce a doctrine for male-only pastors, rejecting an impassioned appeal from the Rev. Rick Warren to reinstate his megachurch, which an SBC governing panel expelled in February for employing a female “teaching pastor.”
Saddleback had been the denomination’s second-largest congregation and until recently was widely touted as a success story amid Southern Baptist membership declines.
The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having women pastors.
The Southern Baptist Convention voted against an appeal for Saddleback Church to rejoin the denomination after it was ousted for having female pastors.
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