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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
The vote received support from 61% of the delegates, but it failed to get the required two-thirds supermajority.
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. Opponents argued the proposal
But it still leaves the Southern Baptist Convention with its official doctrinal statement saying the office of pastor is limited to men.
Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting had voted overwhelmingly to boot a Virginia church from its ranks because of its declaration that it believes women can serve in