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Andrew Gardner, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Baylor University, Baylor University

Southern Baptists expel churches with women pastors – but the debate’s not just about gender

Attendees, or 'messengers,' hold up their ballots during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in 2022. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant group in the United States, overwhelmingly voted to expel two congregations with women pastors on June 14, 2023, during their annual convention.

SBC messengers, as convention delegates are called, also put forward an amendment to make churches’ membership within the denomination contingent upon prohibiting women pastors, which will be voted on next year.

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