One third of the U.S. Supreme Court justices are women; more than 50 female astronauts have traveled into space; and 41 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize. But place a woman in a pulpit and blood pressure and eyebrows immediately begin to rise; rise, that is, within the religious tradition of my upbringing: the Southern Baptists.
The current position statement on women by the Southern Baptist Convention states that "Scripture teaches that a woman's role is not identical to that of men in every respect, and that pastoral leadership is assigned to men."
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