Within a few weeks, members of the Southern Baptist Churches from all over the country will meet in Dallas for their annual conference. These gatherings, which attract thousands of people every year, offer a snapshot that is divided sharply the greater category in the United States in recent years, and it is one of the most hot discussions about the role of women in leading the church. The southern Baptists have repeatedly affirmed their theological opposition to women who work as priests. But a group within the sect led to making this ban more comprehensive, and giving it an official nature in the legal documents of the call. The debate about women in the ministry was very charged because it touches many sensitive topics: how churches try to reach people where they are, in exchange for emphasizing the Bible; The concepts of sexual roles in American life, including for women and transgender people, transform; The feeling among the conservatives that their understanding of the Bible is subject to legal and cultural assault.
In 2023, and New Yorker Producers Daniel Lombroso and Diphon Blackman met Tom Ascall, the priest in Cape Coral, Florida, whose organization and the ministries of the founders have prompted what Ascol describes as a more strict commitment to the teachings of the Bible within the Southern Baptist Conference and between local churches. Asoul said, on the issue of priest women: “Violation” is what the Bible teach simply and clearly here will encourage churches to say: “Well, we have amended this.” Someone needs to hold the line. ”That year, the leaders of the southern Baptists voted to remove many churches from the sect to allow women in the roles of the priest, including Saddleback, California Megachurch founded by prominent priest Rick Warren.
The Baptist Verne Kreik Church, in Louisville, Kentucky, was another group that was expelled in 2023. The sponsor of the church, Linda Barnes Popeham, He said New Yorker Employee writer Elisa Griswold Last year, its church flourished since the separation of roads with SBC almost doubled, and many young families joined after seeing Popham on the news. Meanwhile, the Southern Baptist Conference may address the issue of priests again in June. “There is no doubt that the agreement is decreasing,” said Askall Lombroso. “We need reform. We need to revive. We must start with the family of God.”
