Women as Pastors

“Elevation founding pastor Steven Furtick’s wife, Holly Furtick, preaches at the church, and some of her sermons are posted on the church’s website.” - Religion Unplugged

“Nearly three quarters of evangelicals agree that a properly trained and certified woman can preach on Sunday morning. Just 12% disagree with that statement and 15% have no opinion.” - GetReligion

“The Southern Baptist Convention voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to uphold earlier decisions to expel two churches because they have women pastors.” - NPR

The amendment would add a sixth identifier to Article III saying churches “in friendly cooperation” do “not affirm, appoint, or employ a woman as a pastor of any kind.” - BPNews

“The change means that females may be ordained for pastoral roles with the exception of senior/lead pastor roles, which require male eldership.” - CPost

Related: Christian and Missionary Alliance Will Ordain Women - CToday

William Thornton reflects on the SBC presidency, the no-women-as-pastors amendment, Saddleback and ARITF - SBC Voices

“Saddleback is among three churches that will make their case before Southern Baptists at their annual meeting in New Orleans next month.” - CToday

“Messengers at this year’s annual meeting… can rescind the action of the Executive Committee and reinstate Saddleback and the four other congregations, or they can continue down the road of ejecting the disorderly churches with their 170 women pastors.” - RNS

“What I want to do with this article is address the three passages Rick Warren uses to justify his position. I think you will see that Warren’s claims have no Biblical foundation.” - Don Johnson