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TexasTowelie

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Tue May 11, 2021, 12:11 PM May 2021

SBC President JD Greear calls Saddleback Church's decision to ordain women 'disappointing'

J.D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said the California-based Saddleback Church’s decision to ordain three women was “disappointing,” and urged the denomination to “stand on the bedrock of God’s Word — whether the issue is the role of pastor or any other issue.”

In a development described by Saddleback as “historic,” the church, founded by Rick and Kay Warren, announced that they ordained their first three female pastors, despite being affiliated with the SBC which prohibits female ordination.

“We ordained our first three women pastors, Liz Puffer, Cynthia Petty, and Katie Edwards,” Saddleback Church said in a post on their Facebook page Friday. “We commissioned three new elders, Anthony Miller, Jeremiah Goley, and Jason Williams! And we appointed Pastor Johnny Baker as the new global leader of Celebrate Recovery!”

In a post on his blog Monday, Greear, who also pastors The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, said that while he has “long respected Saddleback’s ministry impact and heart for getting the gospel to the nations,” he disagrees with their decision to take this step, and even finds it “disappointing.”

Read more: https://www.christianpost.com/news/jd-greear-calls-saddlebacks-ordination-of-women-disappointing.html

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SBC President JD Greear calls Saddleback Church's decision to ordain women 'disappointing' (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2021 OP
Putz. Karadeniz May 2021 #1
let this be the start of a grand schism... uriel1972 May 2021 #2
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