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558: Saddleback vs the SBC & Misusing the Marriage Metaphor with Beth Felker Jones & Amy Peeler

The Holy Post

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The Uneven Application of the Constitution to the Church

Saddleback Church is being kicked out of the Southern Baptist Convention for allowing women to take leadership roles. The church was non-confessional before a conservative takeover in the 1980s, but has since become more confessional. But Saddleback's position on pastoring and preaching doesn't match up with those described in scripture, he says. "The New Testament uses the word pastor as a verb to describe something someone does"

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