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This message is for anyone interested in the situation and stories of clergywomen in the United
States. If you have interest in The State of Clergywomen Report and related news about clergywomen and queer clergy in the U.S., we hope you will sign up to receive occasional emails with
updates. You can get your copy of the free report here. Last week Southern Baptists made national news (repeatedly) for a trifecta. First, for
refusing to reinstate two churches (after ejecting them earlier this year). Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and Saddleback Church (campuses across southern California) are congregations led by ordained women. Second, the SBC doubled down on the deal and passed strident new rules against women's pastoral leadership (which have to be voted again next
year). Finally, they failed (again) to do anything remarkable or helpful for the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of victims of sexual assault and abuse by SBC
clergy. We have rounded up some articles and links for you to explore what happened and several opinions and analysis that help to
interpret it. The actions and words of the SBC not only hurt Southern Baptist people, they also do harm to all clergywomen. Have you checked
your social media feed this week? Soooo many women re-telling their call and ordiation stories. And they damage the witness of Christians everywhere. What happened at the SBC last week? articles and opinions to sort it out Anti-egalitarian forces make clean sweep at SBC annual meeting by BNG Editor Mark Wingfield
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Anti-egalitarian forces in the Southern Baptist Convention made a clean sweep of their agenda to…
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Baptists, football and women who changed the game by Eileen
Campbell-Reed
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Baptists love football. How many college and pro football illustrations did I hear in sermons…
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Baptist Women in Ministry STATEMENT of response My ordination is precious to me by Susan M.
Shaw
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When the Southern Baptist Convention voted last week to reaffirm its expulsion of churches with women…
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The SBC 2023: When dogma trumps gospelby Bill Leonard
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In 1964, Addie Davis was ordained to the gospel ministry by Watts Street Baptist Church, Durham,…
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To the SBC: A Baptist preacher has her say by Aileen Mitchell Lawrimore
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I'm a Baptist preacher who is also a woman. I have a few things to say to the Southern Baptist…
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SBC annual meeting reveals little progress on
sexual abuse, not even ‘bare minimum’ by Christa Brown
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When a pace of change is so glacial as to resemble inertia, it means people don't really care about…
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NPR Interview with Dr. Monique Moultrie
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University associate professor of…
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Southern Baptists Continue their long tradition of silencing women by Betsy Phillips
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The Southern Baptist Convention recently approved an amendment to allow 'only men as any kind of…
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This one is higher on the humor and snark scale. Enjoy! Clergywomen figure large in the #PandemicPastoring Report by Eileen Campbell-Reed If you have news about clergywomen in your region or your denomination that you would like to share more widely, please contact me and tell me more! Preach on sisters and brothers, siblings and elders. We need every voice to declare the goodness and love of God. Peace, Eileen |
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