Southern Baptists to decide whether to formally ban churches with women pastors
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptists already can kick out churches that believe women can serve as pastors. They did it last year — and they did it Tuesday night. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is set to decide whether to formally ban churches with women pastors from the convention. This decision comes as part of the final day of the SBC's two-day annual meeting in Indianapolis. The SBC already allows churches that believe women can serve as pastors, a practice that varies across the denomination. The nonbinding statement of faith already stipulates that only men are qualified for the role of pastor. Some believe this doesn't apply to associate pastors so long as the senior pastor is male.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptists already can kick out churches that believe women can serve as pastors. They did it last year — and they did it Tuesday night.
On Wednesday, thousands of delegates will decide whether to enshrine that ban on such churches in the Southern Baptist Convention’s constitution, stiffening its position on an issue that has caused years of consternation in the United States' largest Protestant denomination. It is the final day of the SBC’s two-day annual meeting in Indianapolis.
The SBC’s nonbinding statement of faith already declares only men are qualified for the role of pastor. It’s interpreted differently across the denomination, with some believing it doesn’t apply to associate pastors so long as the senior pastor is male.