In April 2025, ten Fellowship Pacific Churches presented a Complementarian Motion at the Pacific Conference with two goals: Clarify the ministry roles of female elders, preachers, and pastors Encourage Pacific churches to reconsider the Scripture on this topic Significant confusion existed about Fellowship Pacific’s stance on female leadership. The Fellowship National Bylaws state that member...
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Northwest Upholds Egalitarianism and Encourages Theological Minimalism
Northwest College and Seminary opposes the motion to affirm Complementarianism and the National FEB Bylaw that restricts the pastoral office to biblically-qualified men, upholding the egalitarianism of Fellowship Pacific. In this video, Dr. Barton Priebe presents pragmatic and ecumenical arguments for rejecting both the National Bylaw and the 1997 Position Statement while defending the Pacific...
FEB Pac Response to Complementarian Correspondence on ’97 Motion
“Following the defeat of the ten churches’ motion regarding the Fellowship Pacific policy of 2005, another motion was made and passed from the floor of the AGM, stating that the constituency “direct the Fellowship Board to follow up with the ten signatory churches who brought the motion forward today to see if they can joyfully...
Second Letter from Five Churches to National
“Reason #1: This is not a new conversation within our Fellowship but is a conversation that has already been happening for over 30 years. Our churches already voted on a Position Statement in 1997 that was passed with an overwhelming majority (83%). In addition, an amendment was made to our National Bylaw in 2004, in...
FEB National Communication about the ’97 Motion
3. What has been the National Council’s role in this motion? National Council would encourage MEMBER churches to task National Council to steward a two to three-year process to bring congruence between the bylaws and our newly revised Affirmation of Faith if passed. However, this motion to make the 1997 Position Statement a Policy Statement...
FEB Central Communication about the ’97 Motion
“FEB Central adheres to the 1997 position statement on Gender in Pastoral Leadership and the Fellowship national bylaws. We are complementarian. What this means is that elders and lead pastors in FEB Central churches are to be biblically qualified men. FEB Central “churches are expected to call staff members “pastors” only when they qualify for...