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.
More than 12,000 local church representatives, known as messengers, will gather in New Orleans, ready to do their denomination's business.