I am in awe of the courage, grace and transformative leadership of women who are pastors of congregations in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. All around me I see evidence that the Holy Spirit ...

“All I knew is there was a really ... she’d seen a woman teach the Bible “with power and authority.” Miller said women teachers and preachers, even if they are not allowed to be pastors ...

From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.” Like Truth, Jarena Lee spoke truth to power and paved the way for other mid- to late 19th-century black female preachers to achieve ...

She is an open, engaged recruiter of disciples in Christ, and she is a model for women preachers. Jesus meets an unnamed Samaritan woman at a well. When Jesus requests water from her, she notes ...

A Methodist woman in Albany ... the spirit and power of Christ,” she “drew the portraits of their characters, made manifest the secrets of their hearts, and told them all things that ever ...

Opponents argued the convention already has the power to remove churches over ... including the California megachurch Saddleback, which all have women pastors and affirmed they could hold top ...

It had been asked to determine whether or not to expel one of the denomination’s largest churches for violating the SBC’s ban ...

On June 13, the Southern Baptist Convention reaffirmed its rejection of women pastors. It upheld the expulsion ... and later a number of powerful religious leaders across Europe, including Pope ...

Moves this week to oust women ... as pastors. Image Rick Warren, a prominent evangelical pastor, appealed a decision to eject his church for appointing women to leadership positions. “All ...

With a rising number of churches featuring women pastors being expelled from the ... ultimately wants to encourage all members to engage thoroughly and know of all potential backlash from the ...

The Southern Baptists Convention has wrapped with votes on banning churches with women pastors and opposing IVF ... in a church or being on staff. All of us support women flourishing in the ...

This becomes particularly important for African-American preachers ... record straight about women's rights. She professed: Like Truth, Jarena Lee spoke truth to power and paved the way for ...