and four other churches, for having a woman pastor. The SBC stated that Saddleback was “not in friendly cooperation with the Convention.” The church was the denomination’s second largest congregation. In 2024 the SBC similarly expelled the First Baptist Church of Alexandria, a historic Virginia...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in their constitution after opponents argued it was unnecessary because the denomination already has a way of ousting such churches. The measure received support from 61% ...
2021, in Nashville, Tennessee. Southern Baptists gathering at their next annual meeting in Indianapolis will vote on whether to enact a constitutional ban on churches with women pastors.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
from lead pastor to associates, or even affirms them in that role. Supporters believe it is biblically necessary, estimating hundreds of Southern Baptist churches have women in those roles.
Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting have narrowly rejected a proposal to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution.
a teen by the youth and education minister at her SBC church. When she disclosed the abuse to the music minister after months of abuse, she was told not to talk about it, according to the report, which said her abuser also went on to serve in Southern Baptist churches in multiple ...
`Leadership, Democracy, and Religion: Role Ambiguity Among Pastors in Southern Baptist Churches.' Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 20.2 (1981): 119-129.Ingram, Larry. "Leadership, Democracy, and Religion: Role Ambiguity among Pastors in Southern Baptist Churches," Journalfor the ...
Satan is actively seeking to “divide and conquer” the Southern Baptist Convention churches, and that will be a very sad day if he is able to succeed! (Although, it is worth noting that down through the ages God has used what Satan intended for evil to correct His people and get them...
A devastating yearlong investigation into the executive committee of the largest conservative evangelical denomination in the U.S., the Southern Baptist Convention, hasdocumented widespread claims of sex abuseincluding accusations of rape, cover-ups and gross mistreatment of women seeking justice. ...
“I just don’t really want to engage in that,” Usey said. “There’s hungry people in Greensboro. This is what God calls us to, to do something for the children who are half a mile from our building who are hungry.” Southern Baptist churches are self-governing, so the conve...