Saddleback Community Church
How male headship became core to SBC identity
By Katelyn Beaty — June 29, 2023
(The Beaty Beat) — The emergence of the pastor’s wife model.
Southern Baptists don’t like women pastors? That means trouble for all of us.
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 15, 2023
(RNS) — The Southern Baptists are pushing back against women pastors. It is a sign of something bigger.
Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors
By Deepa Bharath and Peter Smith — March 1, 2023
(AP) — “I’m serving Jesus under the authority and in alignment with my spiritual leaders,” said Stacie Wood, teaching pastor at Saddleback Church.
How women in the Southern Baptist Convention have fought for decades to be ordained
By Susan M. Shaw — June 3, 2021
(The Conversation) — Southern Baptists are calling for an investigation into the ordination of three women. A scholar explains why this continues to be a fraught issue, even though 2,500 women have been ordained to date.
Coronavirus shutdowns disrupt America’s soul, closing houses of worship
By Alejandra Molina, Jack Jenkins, Claire Giangravé, and Bob Smietana — March 13, 2020
(RNS) — The coronavirus crisis has disrupted faith groups from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. — shuttering megachurches and forcing worship online.
Rick Warren shares good news about Daniel’s weight loss plan
By Nanci Hellmich — December 3, 2013
(RNS) Warren was inspired to create a weight loss plan after he baptized more than 800 people one day in November 2010. After lowering more than 145,000 pounds of weight into the water, Warren said he thought, "Wow! Everybody's fat!"
Vitriol infests Rick Warren family’s grief
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — April 8, 2013
(RNS) A shocking number of people are taking the moment of media attention to lash out at Rick Warren on their digital tom-toms following the suicide of Warren's son, Matthew.
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