Southern Baptist Convention to Vote on Banning Women Pastors

The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has approved a motion for the full convention to vote on a proposal to enshrine a ban on women pastors. The amendment is one of several major decisions facing Southern Baptist voting delegates, called messengers, that will permanently affect the status of women pastors in the SBC. The proposed amendment is to the SBC constitution and would make it a requirement for a church to affiliate with the SBC that no women at the church hold the title of pastor.