{"id":1932449,"date":"2023-05-17T08:56:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T12:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-warrens-saddleback-church-ordains-woman-to-campus-pastor-role-amid-southern-baptist-female-minister-controversy\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T09:00:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T13:00:46","slug":"rick-warrens-saddleback-church-ordains-woman-to-campus-pastor-role-amid-southern-baptist-female-minister-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-warrens-saddleback-church-ordains-woman-to-campus-pastor-role-amid-southern-baptist-female-minister-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Saddleback Church ordains woman as campus pastor amidst Southern Baptist female minister debate."},"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\">26<\/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%2Frick-warrens-saddleback-church-ordains-woman-to-campus-pastor-role-amid-southern-baptist-female-minister-controversy%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=1932449&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--><h2>Saddleback Church Ordains Female Pastor Despite Southern Baptist Convention Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>Saddleback Church, the multi-site megachurch founded by Rick Warren, has ordained a woman to serve as a \u201ccampus pastor\u201d even as the congregation is expected to appeal a recent decision from the Southern Baptist Convention to disfellowship the entity over similar moves.<\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>Officials on the denomination\u2019s Executive Committee voted earlier this year to remove Saddleback, one of the largest churches in the United States, because of its decision to ordain several women as pastors over the past two years. Warren, who maintains a founding pastor role at the California congregation, announced Andy Wood as his successor to serve as senior pastor last year and appointed his wife, Stacie Wood, to serve as a teaching pastor, generating controversy days later at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Anaheim.<\/p>\n<h3>New Appointment<\/h3>\n<p>Saddleback Church Lake Forest, one of more than a dozen Saddleback branch campuses, announced last week that Katie Edwards had been appointed as the body\u2019s new campus pastor. Images posted by the church showed Andy and Stacie Wood praying over Edwards on stage.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>The move comes weeks before Southern Baptists are scheduled to convene in New Orleans for the next annual meeting of the nation\u2019s largest Protestant denomination, where Saddleback Church will likely contest the disfellowship decision from the Executive Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Churches in the Southern Baptist Convention must adhere to the Baptist Faith and Message doctrinal statement, which affirms that \u201cwhile both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike Law, a pastor at Arlington Baptist Church, plans to introduce an amendment to the denomination\u2019s constitution at the upcoming meeting in New Orleans to clarify that the Southern Baptist Convention will \u201conly deem a church to be in friendly cooperation\u201d if the congregation does not \u201caffirm, appoint, or employ a woman as a pastor of any kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Impact<\/h3>\n<p>Controversy over the appointment of female pastors at Southern Baptist churches occurs as the denomination sees the largest single-year membership decline in at least a century. Beyond the lockdown mandates, which accelerated broader trends toward diminished church attendance in the United States, several ministers have identified the female pastor phenomenon as evidence of the denomination\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-theologically-liberal-drift-conservative-pastors-endure-heavy-losses-at-southern-baptist-convention\/\" title=\"\u2018A Theologically Liberal Drift\u2019: Conservative Pastors Endure Heavy Losses At Southern Baptist Convention\">theologically liberal drift<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Warren himself was one of several prominent evangelical ministers to endorse wearing face masks as a fulfillment of Jesus\u2019 command to \u201clove your neighbor as yourself.\u201d He also affirmed Francis Collins, the former director of the National Institutes of Health who declared himself an \u201cally\u201d of the LGBTQ movement and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-warrens-saddleback-church-ordains-woman-to-campus-pastor-role-amid-southern-baptist-female-minister-controversy\/\" title=\"Saddleback Church ordains woman as campus pastor amidst Southern Baptist female minister debate.\">supported human fetal tissue research<\/a>, as a committed Christian and a \u201cman you can trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The appointment of a female pastor at Saddleback Church highlights the ongoing controversy within the Southern Baptist Convention over the role of women in pastoral leadership. As the denomination faces declining membership and theological divisions, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-public-figures-attending-the-2022-world-economic-forum-in-davos\/\" title=\"The Public Figures Attending the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos\">upcoming annual meeting<\/a> in New Orleans is expected to be a pivotal moment for the future of the Southern Baptist Convention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>of the largest churches in the US, from its membership due to its decision to ordain women. 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