Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has narrowed the language in his proposed amendment to focus on women “specifically preaching” in a pastoral capacity.
Truth and unity are not enemies. They belong together. Unity without truth becomes drift. Truth without unity becomes fragmentation. Southern Baptists need both.
“I will tell you they are embarrassing when they happen, and they are very unpleasant when they happen,” Albert Mohler shared Monday evening (June 1) in a social media post about reoccurring “episodes” that have impacted his public speaking.
Let’s chat about Al Mohler’s “truth and unity” amendment coming to the floor of the SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. If you are attending the meeting and planning to vote as a messenger, I encourage you to read the amendment’s wording carefully and consider all aspects of what it means before casting your vote.
The concern with this proposed SBC constitution amendment is whether the amendment’s prohibitive language unnecessarily expands beyond the pastoral office itself into a broad and undefined expression of “function” that could potentially lead to unnecessary and unbiblical limitations for women engaging ministerially in the local church and in local and global mission.
Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, says he will propose what he is calling the “Truth and Unity Amendment” to the SBC Constitution during the Annual Meeting in Orlando in June.
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