Woman Who Leads Expelled SBC Church Is A Diehard Conservative

(OPINION) Lost amid the news of Southern Baptist Convention’s disfellowshipping of Saddleback Church was that of a much smaller Kentucky church — Louisville’s Fern Creek Baptist, with a Sunday attendance of 150, where the Rev. Linda Barnes Popham has served as lead pastor for 30 years..

OpinionPaul PratherJuly 18, 2023Paul Prather, Southern Baptist Convention, SBC, Women in the church, Women pastors, Saddleback Church, Rick Warren, Fern Creek Baptist, Linda Barnes PophamComment

Why Do Southern Baptists And Many Like-Minded Protestants Still Bar Women Pastors?

(OPINION) The June 13-14 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination, will be a landmark gathering to decide whether to expel any congregation with a women pastor, thus affirming the SBC Executive Committee’s February expulsion of five such congregations.

Opinion, Analysis, Christianity, North AmericaRichard OstlingMarch 28, 2023Richard Ostling, Women pastors, Women'srole, Women in the church, Christianity, Southern Baptist Convention, Saddleback Church, Rick Warren, Assemblies of God, Evangelical Covenant Church, Free Methodist Church, Salvation Army, SBC Comments

Despite Southern Baptist Opposition To Women Pastors, Texas Baptists Celebrate Them

The Baptist General Convention of Texas, one of few Southern Baptist groups that has not specifically excluded women from church leadership roles, passed a resolution at its 2021 General Convention earlier this month to “affirm and celebrate” the contributions of women in “advancing God’s kingdom.”

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