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Jun 5, 2024 · This article shows why biblical fidelity requires Southern Baptists to adopt this amendment. For a fuller discussion of the issues involved, a debate that Dwight McKissic and I had on women preachers can be found here.) A godly woman cannot pastor a church of Jesus Christ because Jesus Christ forbids it.
Mar 9, 2023 · Former Saddleback Church pastor and founder Rick Warren recently laid out three passages from the Bible that led him to conclude that it is acceptable for women to serve in the office of pastor.
- How Did This Happen?
- The Case For Women
- The Case Against Women
- What’s Next?
Two opposing forces explain why this question has arisen again. On one hand, a new generation of Baptist women say they are hearing and responding to the wind of the Spirit calling them to vocational ministry. One the other hand, Baptist opponents of female ministers have grown more strident in their absolute certainty that the Holy Spirit cannot a...
Warren and others are behind a new website called SBC Stand. There, Warren advises: “As followers of Christ, we’re never going to achieve unity on doctrine, but we can achieve unity on mission.” The mission of spreading the gospel of Jesus to every nook and cranny of the earth is so important, so urgent, that every Christian woman and man is neede...
To understand the view of traditionalists who oppose women serving as ministers, begin with the word “complementarian.” This describes a theology built around the sincere belief that Scripture teaches women and men are of equal worth to God as Creator but God has ordained different roles for men and women. Complementarianism teaches that men are to...
While the battle over women as church leaders plays out daily on social media and newly created websites, the true showdown will come June 13-14 when thousands of messengers from local churches gather in New Orleans for the SBC annual meeting. This gathered body represents the primary governance of the denomination. It is there that Law’s proposed ...
Jun 22, 2022 · Women in ministry continue to feel blocked in their callings and ignored in their ministry settings because they are female, according to an annual report released June 21 by Baptist Women in Ministry.
- Jeff Brumley
Jul 30, 2023 · More women are entering seminary and other theological programs in mainstream Christian denominations. Some look at it as an opportunity for activism and a reinvigoration of faith.
Most major Black Christian denominations in the U.S. have no doctrinal bar to ordained women leaders in the way that Catholicism and some other denominations do, and women have preached and...
Feb 2, 2024 · Churches with a greater level of racial diversity and those located in urban areas are more likely to have a female pastor, suggesting a link between sociodemographic diversity within a congregation and women's congregational leadership.
