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A historic Virginia congregation affirms women can serve in any pastoral role, including as senior pastor.
Delegates vote 6,759 to 563 to oust First Baptist Church of Alexandria .
Last year , two congregations, including a well-known California megachurch, were ejected from the convention.
A similar scenario played out at last year’s meeting.
The SBC has struggled to respond to sexual abuse in its churches since a 2019 report by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News .
The report concluded that leaders of the convention ’s Executive Committee intimidated and mistreated survivors.
Some outspoken voices have contended that there is no crisis of abuse in the convention and that such claims are overstated.
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