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
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The new language would add that a church ‘affirms, appoints, or employs only men as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.’
Despite criticism, the task force charged with implementing abuse reforms was renewed for a second year.
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.
Reelection marks third time a candidate backed by the Conservative Baptist Network has been defeated
More than 12,000 local church representatives, known as messengers, will gather in New Orleans, ready to do their denomination's business.