- by foxnews
- 04 Feb 2025
Southern Baptists expel Saddleback megachurch over female pastor
Southern Baptists expel Saddleback megachurch over female pastor
- by theguardian
- 23 Feb 2023
- in news
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The Southern Baptist Convention has expelled Saddleback church, one of its largest congregations, due to its appointment of a female pastor.
The pastor in question is Stacie Wood, the wife of Andy Wood, who leads the church as head pastor.
Last September, the SBC executive committee voted to sever ties with an LGBTQ-friendly church in North Carolina that voted in 1999 to leave the denomination.
Last year, the SBC was the subject of a seven-month sexual abuse investigation which found that leaders stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
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