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Southern Baptist Convention affirms only men may serve as pastors (Baptist Press)

The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, has affirmed that “while both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor/elder/overseer is limited to men as qualified by Scripture”—or, in the words of the AP headline, “Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastors.”