Article: Moderate Baptist church calls second woman pastor.(CENTURY news)

A North Carolina Baptist church has called its second woman pastor--an act that is still rare among Baptist moderates, despite the fact that virtually all moderate and progressive Baptist institutions support women's eligibility for the ministry.

Providence Baptist Church in Hendersonville, North Carolina, voted unanimously May 3 to call Julie Merritt Lee as pastor. Lee, who will take the pastoral reins following the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly in July, says she is excited about her call.

Many female ministers in moderate Baptist life run into a stained-glass ceiling blocking them from the role of senior pastor. Providence Baptist ...

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