Rick Warren on Ordaining Women

Rick Warren is making a splash in recent days over something his church, Saddleback Church, did last year, ordaining women to the pastoral ministry. That happened on May 6, 2021. Subsequently, Rick Warren retired as pastor, installing Andy Wood as the new senior pastor with Wood’s wife, Stacie listed as a “teaching pastor” at the…

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Jonathan Edwards And Female Preachers

Does the Bible allow women to be pastors and preachers? The recent ordination of three women to pastoral ministry at Saddleback Church in California makes the issue a topic of discussion once again. The discussion particularly roils the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), since Saddleback considers itself an SBC church. The SBC clearly disapproves of female…

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Matthew Henry: Serious Self-Examination before Ordination (4)

Mark Minnick Part One ♦ Part Two ♦ Part Three ♦ This is Part Four Pastor Minnick offers us Matthew Henry’s thorough meditation of self-examination on the occasion of his ordination. Part One dealt with the question, “What Am I?” and Part Two dealt with the questions, “What Have I Done?” and “From What Principles…

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Matthew Henry: Serious Self-Examination before Ordination (3)

Mark Minnick Part One ♦ Part Two ♦ This is Part Three ♦ Part Four Pastor Minnick offers us Matthew Henry’s thorough meditation of self-examination on the occasion of his ordination. Part One dealt with the question, “What Am I?” and Part Two dealt with the questions, “What Have I Done?” and “From What Principles…

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Matthew Henry: Serious Self-Examination before Ordination (2)

Mark Minnick Part One ♦ This is Part Two ♦ Part Three ♦ Part Four Pastor Minnick offers us Matthew Henry’s thorough meditation of self-examination on the occasion of his ordination. Part One dealt with the question, “What Am I?” What Have I Done? This is also a needful question in order that searching and examining…

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