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The US Southern Baptist Convention has upheld the expulsion of two churches, Saddleback megachurch and Fern Creek Baptist church, due to their having female pastors, in contradiction of the SBC statement of beliefs. The denomination also voted to amend its constitution to enshrine its ban on female pastors. The change will go into effect once it is approved in a second vote next year.
The Southern Baptist Convention has upheld the ouster of Saddleback Church in Southern California and Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, for having women in lead or senior pastor roles and took steps to enshrine in its constitution a prohibition on female pastors. The SBC changed its doctrinal statement in 2000 to say, “the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.” The decisions made clear that the conservative denomination would kick churches out with women pastors.
The Southern Baptist Convention has voted to uphold the removal of Saddleback Church, a major southern California congregation founded by Rick Warren, due to its having women pastors. The representatives at the conference in New Orleans also voted to affirm the ousters of two other churches, including Fern Creek in Louisville, Kentucky, which has had a female pastor since 1993. The vote to uphold those removals came just a few hours before a two-thirds majority of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to approve an amendment to its constitution that would more broadly prohibit churches from having women hold any pastoral title.
The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to readmit Saddleback Church, one of the largest congregations in the US, after it was ousted for having female pastors. The convention also upheld the expulsion of two other congregations, Fern Creek Baptist Church and Freedom Church, for similar reasons. The Southern Baptist Convention banned female pastors in its Faith and Message doctrine in 2000, and representatives approved a constitutional amendment to clarify the organization's stance on women serving as pastors. Saddleback Church's founding pastor, Rick Warren, asked the convention to "agree to disagree" on the subject of female pastors.
The Southern Baptist Convention has voted to expel two churches, Saddleback Church and Fern Creek Baptist Church, for having female pastors. The SBC also voted to tighten the ban on women from leadership roles. Saddleback Church, founded by Rick Warren, drew the ire of the SBC after it ordained three women as pastors in 2021. The vote to declare the Saddleback Church "not to be in friendly cooperation" with the denomination was due to “the church continuing to have a female teaching pastor functioning in the office of a pastor," the SBC said in a statement.
The Southern Baptist Convention has upheld the ouster of Saddleback Church in Southern California and Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky for having women in lead or senior pastor roles and took steps to enshrine in its constitution a prohibition on female pastors. The SBC changed its doctrinal statement, the Baptist Faith & Message, in 2000 to say, “the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.” But a debate about whether the SBC should enforce that belief statement and how emerged only recently.
The Southern Baptist Convention upheld its decision to expel two churches, Saddleback and Fern Creek Baptist, for having women pastors, during its annual meeting in New Orleans. The SBC's statement of faith asserts that only qualified men can serve as pastors, and the nearly 13,000 voters overwhelmingly voted to uphold the churches' removals. The women will continue to serve as pastors, but their congregations are no longer part of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The Southern Baptist Convention has rejected an appeal by Saddleback Church and Fern Creek Baptist Church to be welcomed back into the denomination after being ousted for having women pastors. The convention's statement of faith asserts that only qualified men can serve as pastors. Saddleback had been the denomination's second-largest congregation and until recently was widely touted as a success story amid larger Southern Baptist membership declines. The convention voted to deny the appeals, resulting in the expulsion of the two congregations.