Op Ed: How the SBC’s Newly-Discovered “Elder Plurality” Enables Women “Pastors”

The church growth and elder-rule movements came from different directions, but both helped redefine pastors less as preachers of the Word and more as institutional leaders. Once authority was rooted primarily in governance, women preaching could be tolerated so long as men retained organizational control. The post Op Ed: How the SBC’s Newly-Discovered “Elder Plurality” Enables Women “Pastors” appeared first on Protestia.