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The linked news article appeared in my FB feed yesterday and being close friends with many Southern Baptist women, this news is unsettling.
I don't agree with Baptist dogma, Southern, First, or whatever, as I'm not a conservative, Evangelical, or creed Christ follower. This actually bumps me out of many Christian worship communities, and that's okay. I'm very comfortable on the outskirts, however, I care a great deal about people, including seekers, so my question to RF participants is this:
Where do you stand with what the Southern Baptist Convention will be voting on next week?
1)Amendment proponents say the convention needs to reinforce its doctrinal statement, the Baptist Faith and Message, which says the office of pastor is “limited to men as qualified by Scripture.”
“If we won’t stand on this issue and be unapologetically biblical, then we won’t stand on anything,” said amendment proponent Mike Law, pastor of Arlington Baptist Church in Virginia.
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2) “To disfellowship like-minded churches … based on a local-church governance decision dishonors the spirit of cooperation and the guiding tenets of our denomination,” wrote Pastor Gregory Perkins, president of the SBC’s National African American Fellowship, to denominational officials.
“As they are saying women have less value to God than men in the church, we want to make sure that women know they do have equal value and that there are no limits to how they follow Christ in the work of the church,” [Baptist Women in Ministry, executive director, Rev. Meredith] Stone, said.
www.pbs.org
I don't agree with Baptist dogma, Southern, First, or whatever, as I'm not a conservative, Evangelical, or creed Christ follower. This actually bumps me out of many Christian worship communities, and that's okay. I'm very comfortable on the outskirts, however, I care a great deal about people, including seekers, so my question to RF participants is this:
Where do you stand with what the Southern Baptist Convention will be voting on next week?
1)Amendment proponents say the convention needs to reinforce its doctrinal statement, the Baptist Faith and Message, which says the office of pastor is “limited to men as qualified by Scripture.”
“If we won’t stand on this issue and be unapologetically biblical, then we won’t stand on anything,” said amendment proponent Mike Law, pastor of Arlington Baptist Church in Virginia.
OR
2) “To disfellowship like-minded churches … based on a local-church governance decision dishonors the spirit of cooperation and the guiding tenets of our denomination,” wrote Pastor Gregory Perkins, president of the SBC’s National African American Fellowship, to denominational officials.
“As they are saying women have less value to God than men in the church, we want to make sure that women know they do have equal value and that there are no limits to how they follow Christ in the work of the church,” [Baptist Women in Ministry, executive director, Rev. Meredith] Stone, said.
As Southern Baptists prepare to oust churches with women pastors, critics urge them to reconsider
The Southern Baptist Convention is preparing for a vote to ban churches with women pastors.
www.pbs.org
