The Southern Baptist Convention’s official statement of faith says the office of pastor is reserved for men, but recent church expulsions are believed to be the first time the convention has acted to expel churches over it.
The Rev. Linda Barnes Popham sings with the choir at Fern Creek Baptist Church during a service, Sunday, May 21, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. In February, Fern Creek was one of five churches disfellowshipped from the Southern Baptist Convention because they have female pastors. But Fern Creek Baptist and Saddleback Church of California have decided to appeal. The challenge will be voted on at the upcoming SBC annual meeting.
The Rev. Linda Barnes Popham has been pastor of the modest-sized Fern Creek in Louisville for the past 30 years, and involved in church work since her teen years in her native Alabama. “I want to worship under that same umbrella and do missions together like Southern Baptists have done all of these years,” Popham said.
“I think that they’re very much fueling this conservative political ideology in religion that is going to be harmful in the long run, especially when you do lose out on great churches like Saddleback or Fern Creek Baptist,” Blansette said. “Something like, ‘Do you believe the Bible?’ is pretty hard to show one way or the other,” said Nancy Ammerman, author of “Baptist Battles,” a history of the denomination’s late 20th century controversies. “They needed a concrete issue, something they could point to.” Both sides backed their positions with the Bible.
“Yes, it was a controversial issue, for some because of the whole female pastor concept, but just as many who thought I was too conservative,” Popham recalled.
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