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Should Southern Baptist women be preachers? A centuries old controversy finds new life

  • Written by Susan M. Shaw, Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Oregon State University
Members at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in 2017, in PhoenixAP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Southern Baptists are arguing again over the role women should play in the church.

Following a tweet from popular Southern Baptist speaker, teacher and writer Beth Moore that suggested she was preaching at a Southern Baptist church, many Baptist...

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