Ga. Baptist Convention Cuts Ties with Second Church with Woman Pastor
Delegates at the annual Georgia Baptist Convention voted Tuesday to oust one of its historic member churches for having a woman as a co-pastor.
The majority of the messengers at this year's GBC annual session approved a recommendation made in March by the convention's executive committee declaring Druid Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta "not a cooperating church" based on the denomination's articles of faith.
According to the Southern Baptist Convention's 2000 Baptist Faith and Message, women can hold teaching or ministry positions but not that of a pastor.
The document states that "while both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture."...