The Southern Baptist Convention’s credentials committee had a problem.
It had been asked to determine whether or not to expel one of the denomination’s largest churches for violating the SBC’s ban on women serving as pastors. But the committee could not agree on what the word “pastor” meant in a rule that said only man can be pastors. Did it refer to the church’s senior pastor? Or did it mean any role with the title of pastor — such as a music pastor, youth pastor or children’s pastor?
The committee asked the messengers, or local delegates, at the denomination’s 2022 annual meeting for help. What the committee got was an earful instead.
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