Saddleback Church, Ravi Zacharias Ministries, David Jang, and Bill Gothard
Committee also voted out Kentucky church for having woman pastor
Issue now moving to the states
A letter from the president of the SBC's National African American Fellowship expressed concerns over recent SBC decisions to bar churches with women pastors.
The multi-campus church led by Steven Furtick did not give a reason for the exit
Saddleback, whose case was argued by founding pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren, had been ousted for naming a woman to its pastoral team.
The nearly 13,000 messengers left the convention hall not knowing the future of abuse reforms.