Daughters Of God: Southern Baptist Women In The Pulpit: Heresy Vs. The Call To Preach

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Daughters of God is an exploration of female preaching in the Christian traditionbiblically valid or a heresy? The Southern Baptist Convention banned the ordained female pastorate since 1984 according to the teachings of St. Paul. Many congregations have been disfellowshipped by their Baptist associations. Nonetheless, Southern Baptist churches have ordained thousands of women, many in the pastorate, in defiance of the Convention and in full exercise of their theological independence. In the course of gathering the historical basis for this book, Professor Earls provides a survey of Church and ecclesiastic history. More importantly, he interviewed and sought essay submissions from Southern Baptist female pastors. Is discrimination against women in the Baptist Church antithetical to biblical teaching? He contends that the Southern Baptist Convention is on the wrong side of history (and Southern Baptist tradition) in its attempts to bar women from serving in the pastorate of their locally autonomous churches. This is significant research that should be of interest to all thoughtful Christians.

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