Key facts
- Southern Baptists will hold their annual meeting on Tuesday.
- A vote is scheduled on tightening the ban on churches with women pastors.
- This is the fourth consecutive year the issue has been debated.
Southern Baptists are scheduled to convene for their annual meeting on Tuesday. A significant item on the agenda is a proposed measure to reinforce the denomination's existing ban on churches that have women serving as pastors. This marks the fourth consecutive year that this particular issue has been brought before the convention for deliberation and potential action. The convention has ousted churches in recent years that appointed women to top pastoral positions or asserted the right to do so.