Southern Baptist leaders expel two churches for allegedly mismanaging abuse
United States RNS Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to cut ties with four churches on Tuesday, two for alleged mismanagement of sexual abuse. One other had failed to give to the SBC’s common fund, while another hired a woman pastor. All four were designated as “being out of friendly cooperation” with the nation’s […]
Texas Baptists affirm women in ‘ministerial’ roles as SBC debate moves to states
United StatesRNS A month after Southern Baptists confirmed the expulsion of churches from their denomination for allowing women to serve as pastors, the Baptist General Convention of Texas adopted a statement on Tuesday urging its staff to continue to affirm women in “ministerial and leadership roles”. After half an hour of debate, the BGCT became […]
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 […]
Pope says equal opportunities for women are key to a better world
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis on Wednesday decried violence and prejudice against women and said granting equal pay and opportunities could help create a more peaceful world, as a new survey of Catholic women showed that many felt the Church discriminated against them. In a book preface published by the Vatican News website on International […]
Essay: How women in the Southern Baptist Convention have fought for decades to be ordained
SUSAN M SHAW, who was ordained as a Southern Baptist minister in 1993, reflects, in an article first published on The Conversation, on the history of women’s ordination within the largest Protestant denomination in the US…
When women lead: Christian educators tackle a man’s world
JO KADLECEK reports on an Australian initiative to equip women in leadership…
Men in UK and US seen growing less comfortable with women leaders
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Less than 50 per cent of American men would be “very comfortable” with a female head of government, according to a survey published this week that found men in Britain and the US growing less comfortable with women in positions of power. The Reykjavik Index for Leadership, launched in 2018 by […]