4 years running, Southern Baptists weigh tightening ban on churches with women pastors
Albert Mohler’s proposal would bar churches that affirm women as pastors, as Southern Baptists revisit a rule that failed to win a two-thirds vote in three years.
- More than 11,000 Southern Baptist Convention representatives gathered in Orlando on Tuesday for a two-day meeting to debate whether to ban churches with women serving in any pastoral role.
- During the previous three annual meetings, a majority of representatives voted to amend the SBC constitution to ban women in any pastoral role, but measures failed to secure the required two-thirds supermajority.
- Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, proposed an amendment this year that would exclude any church affirming or appointing a woman serving as a pastor, elder, or overseer.
- Outgoing SBC president Clint Pressley and both candidates to succeed him support the amendment, which empowers the denomination to expel churches deemed not in "friendly cooperation."
- The SBC remains a core part of the evangelical constituency that coalesced behind Trump in 2020 and 2024, even as internal statistics show a continuation of a nearly two-decade-long decline in membership.
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America’s largest Protestant denomination to again debate having women pastors preach in church
When Southern Baptists gather Tuesday in Florida for their annual meeting, they’ll debate for the fourth year in a row whether to formally ban churches with a woman serving in any role resembling that of pastor — not just the top job.
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The New York LedgerFour years running, Southern Baptists weigh tightening ban on churches with women pastors
When Southern Baptists gather Tuesday in Florida for their annual meeting, they'll debate for the fourth year in a row whether to formally ban churches with a woman serving in any role resembling that of pastor - not just the top job.
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4 years running, Southern Baptists weigh tightening ban on churches with women pastors
Southern Baptists will gather for their annual meeting on Tuesday. And for the fourth year in a row, they'll debate whether to formally ban churches with a woman in any role resembling that of pastor.
For fourth straight year, Southern Baptists to weigh tightening ban on churches with women pastors
When Southern Baptists gather Tuesday in Florida for their annual meeting, they’ll debate for the fourth year in a row whether to formally ban churches with a woman serving in any role resembling that of pastor — not just the top job. Read more...
4 Years Running, Southern Baptists Weigh Tightening Ban On Churches With Women Pastors – 710am KURV
By PETER SMITH Associated Press When Southern Baptists gather Tuesday in Florida for their annual meeting, they’ll debate for the fourth year in a row whether to formally ban churches with a woman serving in any role resembling that of pastor — not just the top job. One thing they are unlikely to debate is the politics of many Southern Baptists, the vanguard of broader white conservative evangelical support for President Donald Trump. Officials…
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