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The Mohler Amendment to the SBC Constitution

Martin Marprelate

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At the same time he was pushing this anti-women-pastors amendment on us, Albert Mohler has his seminary sponsoring an online resource Called to Ministry that says Discipleship Pastors can be "he or she", "persons", etc.
It's not clear to me what a 'discipleship pastor' is, but it's plainly not the same as a full-on pastor.
The women mentioned in Romans 16 did more than serve coffee. Churches need to be involving women in ministry, just not as pastors and/or preachers.
The fellowship to which my church is affiliated has a policy on this: Women in Ministry Ethos Statement - FIEC
 

Armchair Apologist

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Wouldn’t that mean she would take a stand against women pastors?
I'm sure there are many faithful and wonderful ladies out there who have likely forgotten more theology than I will ever know!

You hardly hear from them though for this very reason! Perhaps a good number of them have been married to faithful Baptist pastors and have quietly kept them straight on their theology throughout the years?
 

Jerome

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'discipleship pastor' is...plainly not the same as a full-on pastor.
It's not plain to these guys!

I queried Google:
The "Mohler Amendment" (officially the "Truth and Unity Amendment") is a proposed constitutional addition to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) designed to explicitly bar women from serving in any pastoral office or function....It is the latest evolution of the "Law Amendment"—a similar measure that previously failed to reach the required two-thirds majority in 2025.

How it Affects Ministry Roles:
Broader Scope: The amendment goes beyond just the title of "Senior Pastor" to include roles like "Discipleship Pastor," "Youth Pastor"...
 

Ascetic X

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Yes, a sad day for the Southern Baptist Convention.
Why is it a sad day? Have you ever been pastored by a woman?

A Lutheran church I was attending (switching back and forth from it and a Baptist church), the male pastor retired, and they installed a female interim pastor. I will not attend this church again.

A Baptist church that I was considering attending, where I got married to my first wife, has a female associate pastor who is in a lesbian relationship.

A Methodist church that I attended as a child now has a female pastor. I watched some videos of her sermons. Atrocious. No gospel. No Bible. Just Christian philosophical platitudes and personal anecdotes.

Woke ideology is destroying the churches.
 

Ben1445

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I'm sure there are many faithful and wonderful ladies out there who have likely forgotten more theology than I will ever know!

You hardly hear from them though for this very reason! Perhaps a good number of them have been married to faithful Baptist pastors and have quietly kept them straight on their theology throughout the years?
Mothers.
 

Wesley Briggman

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[1Ti 2:11-12 KJV] 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

If these instructions are defied, don't expect God's blessing!
 

canadyjd

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Both. Can not hold an ordained position.
Women are biblically instructed to teach other women. They are “ministers” in the sense they have a ministry within the church. WMU is a women’s ministry within the church.

Every person within the church should have a “ministry”, that is a mission for the cause of Christ in the world.

I have heard it stated, and tend to agree, that if women didn’t work in the church, very little work would get done.

The fact overwhelming majority of men, in my experience at least, are quite happy letting the women do most of the work as long as they don’t “allow” them to be called “ministers”.

IMO, the only position within the church not open to women is the elder council. The pastor is part of the elder council.

Peace to you
 
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