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Southern Baptists Move Closer to Constitutional Ban on Women Pastors

Southern Baptists Move Closer to Constitutional Ban on Women Pastors

Thursday, June 11, 2026
A proposal by the nation’s largest Protestant denomination to ban churches that have women pastors or let women preach on Sunday mornings passed overwhelmingly on Wednesday, marking the first step toward enshrining the ban in the Southern Baptist Convention’s constitution. Almost three-quarters (74.6%) of local church delegates, known as messengers, voted in favor of the Read more... The post Southern Baptists Move Closer to Constitutional Ban on Women Pastors appeared first on Christianity Today.