Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastors
New Orleans, USAP The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having women pastors. Southern Baptist church representatives at their annual meeting here also rejected a similar appeal by a smaller church, Fern Creek Baptist of Louisville, Kentucky, which is led by a […]
Women in leadership: In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, reports ahead of this week’s annual gathering of the Southern Baptist Convention…