Southern Baptists have elected a North Carolina pastor and longtime denominational statesman to be the next president of their convention. It is the final day of the Southern Baptist ConventionR…
Messengers stand for worship during a Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis.
Dave Mitchell, of Houston, Texas, distributes brochures to promote the call to ratify an amendment that would bar churches with women pastors from the Southern Baptist Convention during the denomination’s annual meeting Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS — Southern Baptists on Wednesday elected a North Carolina pastor and longtime denominational statesman to be the next president of their convention in a contest between six candidates that went into two run-off votes.
Pressley’s nearest opponent, a Tennessee pastor, Dan Spencer, received 44% of the votes after four other candidates were eliminated in earlier rounds. On Wednesday, delegates will decide whether to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the convention’s constitution, stiffening its position on an issue that has prompted years of debate in the United States’ largest Protestant denomination. It is the final day of the SBC’s two-day annual meeting in Indianapolis.
Opponents argue the convention already has the power to remove churches over this issue, and the amendment will have unintended consequences, including disproportionately affecting Black Southern Baptist congregations, which tend to have women on their pastoral staffs.
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