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% ...
INDIANAPOLIS —Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrinea ban on churches with female pastorsin the denomination’s constitution after opponents argued it was unnecessary because the denomination already has a way of ousting such churches. The vote r...
People attend the morning session of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on June 16, 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 ...
Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a ban on women pastors Wednesday. About 61% of the delegates voted for the ban, which is less than the required two-thirds supermajority needed to pass the proposal. CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports.
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And it ousted Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and Calvary Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, both for having female lead pastors, indicating they have a "faith and practice" at odds with the convention's. The SBC has 13.7 million members, but has seen net declines ov...
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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.
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 congregation, for its pe...