Southern Baptists may have rejected a constitutional amendment opposing female pastors, but that does not mean they are changing their views on women’s leadership in church

By Susan M. Shaw, Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Oregon State University

The recent annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention saw a number of motions related to women. The Conversation asked Susan Shaw, a gender and sexuality studies scholar who studies Southern Baptist women, to explain the votes and other developments in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

The Southern Baptist Convention rejected a proposal that would explicitly state that only men could be pastors. Does that mean that the SBC is changing and becoming more accepting of women in leadership…

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~	Zimbabwe’s lithium is in demand for making batteries: how to make sure benefits flow to the local economy

~	Africa’s freshwater ecosystems depend on little creatures like insects and snails: study maps overlooked species

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~	Nigeria’s Maroko eviction remembered: a brutal legacy lives on

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~	How Kenyans are using AI during protests

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