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The Case for Women Who Preach, Teach and Lead

The Case for Women Who Preach, Teach and Lead

Friday, June 12, 2026
The Southern Baptist Convention voted this week to advance a constitutional amendment that would bar women from preaching to assembled congregations in any SBC-affiliated church — a move that advocates say could limit women’s voices across the nation’s largest Protestant denomination and that critics argue runs counter to both Scripture and church history. Delegates to…