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Southern Baptist Convention affirms only men may serve as pastors
June 15, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, has affirmed that “while both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor/elder/overseer is limited to men as qualified by Scripture”—or, in the words of the AP headline, “Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastors.”
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