But because that pastor is a woman, First Baptist’s days in the Southern Baptist Convention may be numbered.
By some estimates, the proposed ban could affect hundreds of congregations and have a disproportionate impact on predominantly Black churches.
Southern Baptists disagree on which ministry jobs this doctrine refers to.
By some estimates, women are working in pastoral roles in hundreds of SBC-linked churches, a fraction of the nearly 47,000 across the denomination.
Since Baptist churches are independent, the convention can’t tell them what to do or whom to appoint as a pastor.
And even without a formal amendment, its Executive Committee has begun telling churches with women pastors that they’re out.
“Here’s the trajectory of doing nothing: Soon Southern Baptist churches will start openly supporting homosexual clergy, same-sex marriage and eventually transgenderism.”. »
