Southern Baptists narrowly reject formal ban on churches with any women pastors

Formal ban on female pastors fails, but new Southern Baptist Convention president makes one thing crystal clear

Messengers met this week in Indianapolis for the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting, electing Clint Pressley their new president. They also took up the controversial matter of female pastors. While the Executive Committee recently affirmed Article VI of the Baptist Faith and Message 2000, which limits the office of pastor to men "as qualified by Scripture," a 2023 estimate put the number of female pastors in cooperating Southern Bap…

Southern Baptist Convention Votes Against Ban on Female Pastors

by Charlotte Hazard   The Southern Baptist Convention voted Wednesday against enshrining a ban on churches with female pastors. While 61% of those who voted supported the ban, it needed a two-thirds majority to pass, according to CNN. The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest protestant denomination in the U.S. and held its annual meeting in Indianapolis. The church already limits the pastoral role to men, but the proposed ban would have ex…

Louisville Baptist church reacts to rejection of formal ban on women pastors leading affiliated churches

The Southern Baptist Convention 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.

Alexandria church expelled from Southern Baptist Convention over female pastor

A prominent Virginia Baptist church was expelled from the Southern Baptist Convention because it has a female pastor.

Woman pastors applaud Southern Baptist Convention striking down ban

After years of debate on who should be allowed to stand in the pulpit, the Southern Baptist Convention voted Wednesday to allow women pastors after previously banning them.

Southern Baptists reject constitutional ban on women in pastoral roles

ATLANTA — A day after the Southern Baptist Convention expelled a Virginia church for affirming women in pastoral roles, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination voted down a resolution to add an amendment banning the pastoral roles in its constitution.