A congregation that once had ties with the Tennessee Baptist Convention is no longer part of the regional Southern Baptist body due to the church’s decision to have a female senior pastor.
The state convention voted on a resolution Tuesday morning to not seat the messengers for First Baptist Church of Jefferson City, acting upon a recommendation of their Committee on Credentials.
FBC Jefferson City provided The Christian Post with a statement on the matter, in which the 747-member church said they were “not surprised” by the resolution.
“Our congregation’s long-held conviction that God calls all people into service regardless of gender has not always been received well, even by some brothers and sisters in Christ,” stated FBC.
“We have been heartened, however, by a tremendous outpouring of support we have received from Christians, both Baptist and non-Baptist, from Tennessee and around the country in recent weeks.”
FBC also stated that the debate was “not a matter of one group of Baptists believing the Bible and another disregarding it” but…
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