"For the first time in decades, the Southern Baptist Convention is losing members. It lost former President Jimmy Carter nine years ago. Recently, Mr. Carter wrote that a big reason for leaving was its treatment of women. The SBC says women cannot hold positions of leadership over men."
Baptist Leaders Face Challenge on Women's Roles
h/t to jonmower.com
2 comments:
my snarky comment: it's too bad it takes losing a publicly prominent man to notice you've probably been losing women for decades. But, as KH observed at the CSC--losing women doesn't get noticed, as they're not allowed to be fully present to begin with. :(
and the image of that woman pastor having to walk past picketers and explain to her son why they're calling her "Jezebel"--argh.
all the more reason to blog from the relative safety of unemployment, and no ambition for professional ministry, I guess.
my snarky comment follows the last line of the piece:
or 10 yr old baptized boys
I pray it's less than 50 years. I'd like to experience it before I die.
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