{"id":1855880,"date":"2023-02-21T22:34:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T03:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1855880"},"modified":"2023-02-21T22:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T03:35:21","slug":"southern-baptists-disfellowship-saddleback-church-over-female-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southern-baptists-disfellowship-saddleback-church-over-female-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Baptists Disfellowship Saddleback Church Over Female Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouthern-baptists-disfellowship-saddleback-church-over-female-pastor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1855880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>California&#8217;s Saddleback Church, founded in 1965 by Rick Warren (best-selling author and prominent Christian leader), was removed from the fellowship. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/southern-baptists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southern Baptist Convention<\/a> (SBC) Tuesday night over the appointment of a female pastor.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Committee voted to remove one of the largest churches within the United States, less than a year following Warren&#8217;s final sermon as Saddleback\u2019s senior pastor. They also ushered in Andy Wood, the lead pastor, and Stacie, the teaching pastor.<\/p>\n<p>Jared Wellman, Chairman of the SBC Executive Committee, stated to The Daily Wire that because the church continued to have a woman in the office as pastor, the convention had to expel the megachurch of 43 years. &#8220;not in friendly cooperation&#8221; With the denomination<\/p>\n<p>Wood is a story <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/baptist-church-us-news-california-religion-7970970aef44935329cd0fa4d3feceee?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&#038;utm_medium=AP&#038;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a> Last year, the Bible was published &#8220;teaches that men and women were given spiritual gifts by God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The church should be a place where both men and women can exercise those spiritual gifts,&#8221; Wood stated. &#8220;My wife has the spiritual gift of teaching and she is really good. People often tell me she&#8217;s better than me when it comes to preaching, and I&#8217;m really glad to hear that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The convention&#8217;s decision comes after Warren ordained three women pastors in 2021. This sparked the initial discussion to eliminate the church from SBC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of the pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture,&#8221; The article can be viewed here.<\/p>\n<p>Warren replied to Saddleback&#8217;s disfellowship by tweeting on Tuesday, thanking his followers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Friends worldwide: I&#8217;m so touched by your love!&#8221; Warren said. &#8220;We&#8217;ll respond to #SBC in OUR time &#038; way thru direct channels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Friends from all over the globe: I am so touched by your love!<br \/>Kay and I love you back! <br \/>We will respond <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SBC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SBC<\/a> In OUR time &#038; our way<br \/>Direct channels: <br \/>Our newsletters to 600,000.ch leaders<br \/>Daily Hope radio broadcast <br \/>1 million PDC alumni pastors list<br \/>11 million social media fans<br \/>Luke 23.43<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rick Warren (@RickWarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickWarren\/status\/1628178253373657088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warren reacted to Saddleback&#8217;s calls for a rift at an SBC convention, June 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are we going to keep bickering over secondary issues?&#8221; Warren said. &#8220;Or are we going to keep the main thing the main thing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Warren also said that he believed there was a difference in the offices of pastor and gifts of pastor at the same meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional Christians believe that the Bible clearly states that women can minister under the authority of a Complementarian leader. They argue that primary leadership roles for women are harmful and counter-biblical standards. This puts the congregation on an unstable slope away from the fundamental scripture teachings and onto a path towards more liberalism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are on that path \u2014 anybody can see this by following their social media pages,&#8221; The Daily Wire was informed by a source who requested anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Committee also ousted five other churches from the convention \u2014 four of which have a woman serving as a lead or senior pastor.<\/p>\n<p>These churches include New Faith Mission Ministry, Griffin, Georgia, St. Timothy&#8217;s Christian Baptist, Baltimore, Maryland, Calvary Baptist Church, Jackson, Mississippi, Fern Creek Baptist Church and Louisville, Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>SBC officials also removed Freedom Church from Vero Beach, Florida. This was due to a sex abuse-related matter. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/religion\/2023\/02\/21\/southern-baptist-convention-disfellowships-saddleback-church\/69927465007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tennessean<\/a> Wellman, a chairman of the executive committee, reported that the church displayed &#8220;a lack of intent to cooperate in resolving concerns regarding a sexual abuse allegation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These churches have been valued, cooperating churches for many years, and this decision was not made lightly,&#8221; Wellman spoke to The Daily Wire. &#8220;However, we remain committed to upholding the theological convictions of the SBC and maintaining unity among its cooperating churches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The Tennessean Pastor Richard Demsick from Freedom Church stated, &#8220;we are deeply saddened by the false allegations, which are slanderous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are no sexual abuse allegations,&#8221; He concluded. &#8220;There have been false reports based on gossip.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Southern Baptist Convention leaders claimed last year that the Justice Department was looking into allegations of sexual abuse in relation to the nation&#8217;s largest Protestant congregation, with almost 14 million members, and over 47,000 churches throughout the 50 states.<\/p>\n<p>A consultant outside the church reported that children and women were being abused by pastors, employees of churches, and officials between 2000 and today. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/08\/12\/us\/southern-baptist-convention-sexual-abuse.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFor%20almost%20two%20decades%2C%20survivors,or%20employed%20as%20church%20staff.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For almost two decades, survivors of abuse and other concerned Southern Baptists have been contacting the Southern Baptist Convention,&#8221; The consultant <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/6108172d83d55d3c9db4dd67\/t\/628a9326312a4216a3c0679d\/1653248810253\/Guidepost+Solutions+Independent+Investigation+Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a> said, &#8220;to report child molesters and other abusers who were in the pulpit or employed as church staff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Victims claimed that they tried several times by phone, email, and mail to reach them, and showed up at meetings and rallies. &#8220;only to be met, time and time again, with resistance, stonewalling and even outright hostility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the SBC stated that the convention would be &#8220;fully and completely cooperate&#8221; With the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California megachurch Saddleback Church, founded by prominent Christian leader and best-selling author Rick Warren, was disfellowshipped from the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) on Tuesday over having a female pastor. 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