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    Because of the sheer volumes of money involved. A lot of these churches command sizable donation pools, as well as manpower provided through volunteer and collaboration efforts. A schism like this weakens the orthodox branch and the reformist branch alike.

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      That’s true, but how big is the reformist branch on the point of female pastors? I’d have to imagine it’s tiny. I don’t think there was much discussion here.

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        Saddleback Church claims a membership of over 350k parishioners across 29 branches.

        This is the church that’s being denied reentry over its women in leadership.

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          Out of 13.2 million members and 47,198 churches in the SBC. I don’t have hard numbers on other churches that support this, but this church, even as big as it is, is still tiny compared to the entire denomination.