The largest Protestant denomination in the United States voted Wednesday, June 14, to uphold an executive committee’s ouster of its second largest congregation and another smaller congregation because women had been elevated to lead and senior pastoral roles.
At the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting in New Orleans this week, the SBC also took their first vote to clarify their position against women as pastors, with more than two-thirds of members voting to add the language to the SBC’s constitution. A second vote will need to be held at next year’s meeting for the wording to officially be added.
