A committee that determines whether churches are conforming to Southern Baptist Convention affiliation rules will consider whether the prominent Saddleback Church can continue in fellowship with the SBC after church leaders recently ordained three women pastors.
In an interview with Religion News Service, Bible teacher Anne Graham Lotz shared that she would "never come out against women being ordained," though she does not believe that she has been called to be a minister.
Saddleback, a California megachurch associated with the Southern Baptist Convention, recently appointed three female pastors. This drew backlash from SBC president J.D. Greear, who advised that the church needs to "stand on the bedrock of God's Word."
Saddleback Church in California recently celebrated the ordination of three women pastors.
The Christian and Missionary Alliance is considering extending the title of "pastor" to women leaders within the denomination.
A new survey suggests that most Evangelical protestants support women having leadership positions in the church.
Controversy over the scheduled spoken word performance by a female teaching pastor at an SBC pastors' conference has caused Bible teacher and author Beth Moore to speak out.
Despite pastors threatening to boycott a major pastors conference over a scheduled spoken word performance by female teaching pastor Hosana Wong, the Southern Baptist Convention is seemingly standing by Wong.
