The Southern Baptist Convention has delayed a decision on whether to remove Rick Warren's Saddleback Church from the denomination in light of the California megachurch's ordination of three female pastors last year.
A committee within the Southern Baptist Convention is set to consider whether a prominent megachurch led by bestselling author Rick Warren can continue in fellowship with the denomination after it ordained three women pastors last month.
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Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren speaks at the Closing Gala of Proclaim 19, the NRB International Christian Media Convention in Anaheim, California | NRB
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler says Rick Warren s California-based Saddleback Church is in direct violation of denominational teaching for ordaining three women pastors and is calling for the denomination to reaffirm its teaching.Â
âThis past week, Saddleback Community Church in California ordained three women as pastors. In a development described by the church as âhistoric,â the church posted a photograph of the ordinations with the text: âSaddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren and others pray over the first three women the church has ordained as pastors,ââ Mohler wrote in an op-ed published on his website Monday.Â
Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Pastor J.D.Greear, lead pastor of Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, speaks at a news conference at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, on June 12, 2018. | The Christian Post
J.D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said the California-based Saddleback Church’s decision to ordain three women was “disappointing,” and urged the denomination to “stand on the bedrock of God’s Word whether the issue is the role of pastor or any other issue.”
In a development described by Saddleback as “historic,” the church, founded by Rick and Kay Warren, announced that they ordained their first three female pastors, despite being affiliated with the SBC which prohibits female ordination.