Instead, they are associate pastors, youth or children’s pastors, women’s pastors or other kinds of pastors, all working under the supervision of a man who is senior pastor.

While the SBC has disfellowshipped churches for having female lead or teaching pastors, Law had previously estimated that around 1,800 SBC member congregations had women serving as pastors.

(RNS) — The issue of women staffers who have the title of pastor in SBC churches has been up for debate repeatedly in recent years. DALLAS (RNS) — For the second year in a row, a move to bar ...

A week after she went on National Public Radio to urge the Southern Baptist Convention to officially accept women as pastors, the Rev. Kristen Muse received an unusual letter at her church office ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Southern Baptist Convention made national news this week with votes on women pastors and in vitro fertilization in a wide-ranging annual meeting. During the meeting in ...

The SBC seemed to settle the fight over women pastors at the 2024 SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis, but controversies since then have emboldened some Southern Baptists to resurrect the proposal.

Southern Baptists may have rejected a constitutional amendment opposing female pastors, but that does not mean they are changing their views on women’s leadership in church Published: June 17 ...