On Wednesday, members of the Southern Baptist Convention rejected a formal ban on churches with female pastors.
Dr. Douglas Walker with the Huntsville Theological Institute said the vote comes amid a debate over whether women pastors can exist in Southern Baptist churches. He said the debate boils down to different interpretations of the bible.
He said the main scripture of debate says women cannot be pastors over adult men. He said the debate lies over if women should be pastors at all. “Which position is in the highest power or the highest authority,” he said. “Adult males. If you take a high school group, you could say they’re not yet adult males and they’re in our culture, so women could exercise, teach, and so forth.”
Dr. Walker said the debate as continued throughout the years, with the convention banning churches with women pastors. He said it’s possible the division could continue into a split convention. “That’s my prediction,” he said. “I hope they don’t split over this issue because it really boils down to two different mindsets within the convention. I think it’s probably going to happen. I hope it won’t happen, but it could some time in the near future.
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