• average650@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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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      1 year ago

      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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        1 year ago

        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.