Baptists in Canada are not alone in wrestling with the important issue of gender and the pastoral office. This week, our cousins in the SBC took further action to bringing clarity to this issue (for despite a refinement of the matter since 1984, some groups within the SBC continued to push against their confessional standard).
You can read an official summary of the meeting by the Baptist Press: Truth and Unity Amendment receives initial two-thirds approval.
A broader and more mildly antagonistic article (as seen in the title) that nevertheless provides some broader context, is: Southern Baptists Move Closer to Constitutional Ban on Women Pastors. (You’ll also note the existence of a lobby group called ‘Baptist Women in Ministry’).
May the Fellowship learn from our Baptist cousins and take decisive action on this bleeding secondary matter for the sake of “clarity and truth and unity.” In an age of theological vagueness, clarity is kindness.
