Under the revised standard, White reportedly said, the convention “no longer” accepts autonomous churches that choose to call a woman as their pastor.

For the second straight year, the Georgia Baptist Convention is poised to cut ties with a historic member congregation over the issue of women in ministry.

Graham Walker, co-pastor along with his wife, Mimi, of Druid Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta, said March 18 he learned the state convention’s executive committee is recommending that messengers to this year’s annual meeting withdraw fellowship from the congregation. The withdrawal is recommended because the church is in violation of an article in the Southern Baptist Convention’s confessional statement, the Baptist Faith and Message, that the role of pastor is for men only.

Walker said that in a Jan. 25 meeting, Robert White, executive director of the Georgia Baptist Convention acknowledged that Mimi Walker, who has been listed as a pastor in the state convention’s annual record book since 2003, would not have been a problem before the state group voted to adopt changes made to the document in 2000 as the convention’s standard.

Under the revised standard, White reportedly said, the convention “no longer” accepts autonomous churches that choose to call a woman as their pastor.

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