Albert Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, remarked in one of two rebuttal speeches delivered on behalf of the Executive Committee that the issue is “a matter of biblical commitment.”
(Ben Zeisloft – The Sentinel) Messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting heard debate on Tuesday over the issue of female pastors in the nation’s largest association of Protestant churches.
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee determined earlier this year that Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, and Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, are no longer in “friendly cooperation” with the denomination because of their decisions to install female pastors…. Continue reading