Southern Baptists narrowly reject formal ban on churches with any women pastorsBy PETER SMITH and HOLLY MEYER Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Bapti
Messengers stand for worship during a Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis.
Opponents noted that the SBC already can oust churches that assert women can serve as pastors — as it did last year and again Tuesday night. The rejected amendment would have said any church deemed in "friendly cooperation" — the official term for SBC affiliation — must be one that "affirms, appoints, or employs only men as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture."
He said there is no doubt that Southern Baptists are "complementarian," as they describe the view that men and women have equal value but different roles that complement one another. Mike Law, pastor of Arlington Baptist Church in Virginia and author of the amendment, cited a report that there are about 1,800 women pastors working in the denomination. He cited Bible verses limiting the pastoral office to men.
Last year, Southern Baptists refused to take back Saddleback, one of the convention's largest congregations, and a small Kentucky church over the issue.
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