Leaders at Southern Baptist Convention could vote to remove women from leadership roles

AT LEAST 6 MONTHS BEFORE AN APPEAL IS HEARD IN EITHER COURT. >> AND LEADERS AT THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS COULD BE VOTING ON REMOVING WOMEN FROM LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE CHURCH AND THIS COULD CHANGE IN COULD AFFECT THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. RIHANNA HAMLIN'S JOINING US LIVE FROM THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE. AND AUBREY ON AS WE KNOW. I MEAN, THIS COULD IMPACT A LOT OF CHURCHES IN IN TENNESSEE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. BEN AND AMY, TENNESSEE IS ONE OF THE TOP 5 STATES WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS IN THE COUNTRY WITH MORE THAN 849,000 MEMBERS, THERE ARE NEARLY 13 MILLION SOUTHERN BAPTISTS MEMBERS AND TOTAL ACCORDING TO LIFEWAY RESEARCH. SOUTHERN BAPTISTS IS THE NATION'S LARGEST PROTESTANT DENOMINATION. BUT THOSE NUMBERS COULD POTENTIALLY SEE A DIP IF WOMEN ARE FORBIDDEN TO BE PASTORS OR HAVE OTHER LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE CHURCH. LAST YEAR, THE CHURCH HELD A PRELIMINARY VOTE ON THE MEASURE AND IT RECEIVED OVERWHELMING APPROVAL. IF THE VOTE GOES THROUGH, SMALLER CHURCHES WOULD FEEL THE BLOW BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE EVEN FEWER PEOPLE TO FILL ROLES AND ACCEPT LOWER PAY. BLACK CHURCHES WILL ALSO BE GREATLY IMPACTED BECAUSE THEY TEND TO HAVE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF WOMEN AND PASTOR OR HIGH LEADERSHIP ROLES 1000 BAR, A PROFESSOR AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY SAYS THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST ORGANIZATION IS MOVING TOWARD A CONSERVATIVE RESURGENCE. >> WHAT THEY ARE ARGUING THIS, THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT WOMEN THAT MAKES THEM UNABLE TO LEAD IN THE SAME WAYS AS MEN. THIS IS ONTOLOGICAL ISSUE. THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT IF WOMEN ARE RECOGNIZED AS FULLY EQUAL AS FULLY IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AS MEN ARE. >> NOW THIS DECISION COMES AT A TIME WHERE NEARLY 300 CHURCHES HAVE DISASSOCIATED

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Published: Wed Jun 12 2024