The List: Policing Women’s Pastoral Titles and the Failure of Racial Reconciliation in the SBC

This article analyzes recent controversies around gender in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) by examining an online list of women pastors from 112 SBC churches created in 2023 by supporters of an amendment to restrict “any kind” of pastor to qualified men. Using interviews with listed women and...

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Main Author: Garrote, Leslie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2024
In: Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 9
Further subjects:B Women
B American Christianity
B Pastor
B Race
B Southern Baptist
B racial reconciliation
B Gender
B Law Amendment
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