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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,270 posts)
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 01:37 PM 7 hrs ago

Southern Baptists vote to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors

Thousands of Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance a formal ban on women pastors in the nation's largest Protestant denomination, sending a clear message that men alone should preach to these conservative evangelical congregations.

The amendment would tighten existing restrictions in the Southern Baptist Convention, which already has a faith statement opposing women pastors.

The vote at the annual meeting was 6,028 to 2,026 — a 3-to-1 margin — which easily exceeded the required two-thirds majority. It will require a similar two-thirds vote at next year's meeting to become part of the constitution.

The two-day meeting concluded Wednesday after bringing more than 11,000 delegates, or messengers, to a cavernous convention center in Orlando, Florida.

Typical of the SBC's annual meetings, the gathering carries the feel of a town hall with a cast of thousands. It mixes worship and sermons with numerous motions and resolutions governed by parliamentary procedure, where the sacred and the arcane are debated with equal fervor. A debate Wednesday over the location of a future SBC annual meeting took longer than the debate over women pastors.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/southern-baptists-vote-advance-formal-180307550.html

Church of the he-man women haters.

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Southern Baptists vote to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 7 hrs ago OP
Religion is a fascist operation 31st Street Bridge 7 hrs ago #1
Wrong, sorry obamanut2012 5 hrs ago #18
Entertaining in a way JBTaurus83 7 hrs ago #2
i was taught not to hate but will make an exception for the Southern Baptists. efhmc 7 hrs ago #3
Well look at that. Another American Taliban (evangelical wing of the GOP) government bans women. CousinIT 7 hrs ago #4
Is that sect not declining fast enough for the SBC poobahs? EYESORE 9001 7 hrs ago #5
Are women allowed to vote on this? 3catwoman3 7 hrs ago #6
How the hell do they get women to buy into this bs??? SheltieLover 7 hrs ago #7
Uh, what percentage of the people voting do you suppose were women? MineralMan 7 hrs ago #9
Men, Men, Men, Men! (Everybody sing!) Men, Men, Men Men! MineralMan 7 hrs ago #8
They can all go straight to hell. milestogo 7 hrs ago #10
And some will be triple banned for having women pastors who dance and play cards, the horror, the horror... wcmagumba 7 hrs ago #11
We might also mention there are no women priests in the Catholic Church. Ritabert 7 hrs ago #12
There never were Freddie 6 hrs ago #14
Interesting. Ritabert 6 hrs ago #15
Well this isn't surprising as the "Southern" Baptist split from Baptist, because they supported slavery. TroubleMan 7 hrs ago #13
A reaction to ______ Christian DEI? What kind of 'Christian? Norrrm 5 hrs ago #16
Thank goodness I'm Episcopalian obamanut2012 5 hrs ago #17
I'm an agnostic leaning Buddhist and have attended a local Episcopalian Church a couple of times. I enjoyed it. wcmagumba 5 hrs ago #20
And with women clergy and same-sex marriages! obamanut2012 4 hrs ago #24
Dive! Dive! dalton99a 5 hrs ago #19
This will simply cause more fractures GenThePerservering 4 hrs ago #21
I wonder how many women will leave the church sakabatou 4 hrs ago #22
none of the 'trad' wife crowd RT Atlanta 4 hrs ago #25
Good... the more 'extreme' the better RT Atlanta 4 hrs ago #23
These same people hate abortion rights! When will these women wake the F up?!?! OrlandoDem2 4 hrs ago #26
I was raised in a Southern Baptist family. Hey Joe 2 hrs ago #27
because of course themaguffin 2 hrs ago #28
Awesome! Let the megachurches rot, let the bulding funds drain away, let the predators, uh, pastors get real jobs . . . hatrack 2 hrs ago #29

CousinIT

(12,835 posts)
4. Well look at that. Another American Taliban (evangelical wing of the GOP) government bans women.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 01:43 PM
7 hrs ago

Pffft.

EYESORE 9001

(29,972 posts)
5. Is that sect not declining fast enough for the SBC poobahs?
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 01:43 PM
7 hrs ago

I would debate their loftiest theology perfesser on the basic tenets on which this sect was founded.

wcmagumba

(6,765 posts)
11. And some will be triple banned for having women pastors who dance and play cards, the horror, the horror...
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 01:55 PM
7 hrs ago

Freddie

(10,173 posts)
14. There never were
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 02:45 PM
6 hrs ago

There WERE women pastors in the SBC in less hateful times. Jimmy Carter’s sister was a SBC minister.
One of the last acts of Carter’s life was to leave the SBC over their treatment of women.

TroubleMan

(4,869 posts)
13. Well this isn't surprising as the "Southern" Baptist split from Baptist, because they supported slavery.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 02:01 PM
7 hrs ago

Coming from the protestant denomination that said slavery was moral, this tame for them.

wcmagumba

(6,765 posts)
20. I'm an agnostic leaning Buddhist and have attended a local Episcopalian Church a couple of times. I enjoyed it.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 03:51 PM
5 hrs ago

I found the ceremony interesting and kind of fun...I don't mind thinking of the Episcopalians as Catholics without the Pope...

GenThePerservering

(3,915 posts)
21. This will simply cause more fractures
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 04:42 PM
4 hrs ago

more than a few of the women pastors are popular - their congregations are not going to turn on them.

RT Atlanta

(2,850 posts)
25. none of the 'trad' wife crowd
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 04:49 PM
4 hrs ago

they probably welcome this move to put uppity women pastors in their place

RT Atlanta

(2,850 posts)
23. Good... the more 'extreme' the better
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 04:47 PM
4 hrs ago

Take off the filter, remove the cloak and white hoods and show them who they really are....

Hey Joe

(870 posts)
27. I was raised in a Southern Baptist family.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 06:18 PM
2 hrs ago

May be why I don’t believe in religion now.
I believe that religion is the greatest fraud ever perpetrated on humanity.
But just my personal belief.
I still respect the rights of others to believe.

hatrack

(65,286 posts)
29. Awesome! Let the megachurches rot, let the bulding funds drain away, let the predators, uh, pastors get real jobs . . .
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 07:00 PM
2 hrs ago

I grew up a Unitarian in deep-dish Baptist country and 1 in 100 of my Baptist acquaintances were familiar with that Jesus guy - and followed his teachings.

The rest weren't worth the powder to blow them to hell.

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