SBC Women's Long Fight for Ordination

When leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention meet during their annual gathering in Nashville, Tennessee, in June 2021, the issue of three women being ordained to ministry will likely be an intense topic of conversation. Convention leaders had decried the moves in May by Saddleback Church, in Lake Forest, California - one of the demonination's largest churches - as a violation of biblical teaching and the Southern Baptist Convention’s stance on women in ministry.