{"id":297,"date":"2008-09-20T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T09:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/09\/southern-baptists-pull-magazin.html"},"modified":"2008-09-20T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T09:19:00","slug":"southern-baptists-pull-magazin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/09\/southern-baptists-pull-magazin.html","title":{"rendered":"Southern Baptists Pull Magazine from the Rack for Featuring Women Pastors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lifeway Christian Bookstores, owned by the Southern Baptist Convention, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/living\/content\/living\/stories\/2008\/09\/18\/gospel_magazine_pulled.html\">pulled from its racks the latest issue of Gospel Today<\/a> because it featured some prominent women pastors.<br \/>\nThe Southern Baptist Convention opposes women pastors.<br \/>\nIn case you&#8217;re wondering how so many prominent Southern Baptists can support Sarah Palin for vice president and oppose women pastors, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/castingstones\/2008\/09\/baptists-the-bible-and-women.html\">here&#8217;s the explanation<\/a> from Richard Land, a big Palin fan and Southern Baptist leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lifeway Christian Bookstores, owned by the Southern Baptist Convention, pulled from its racks the latest issue of Gospel Today because it featured some prominent women pastors. 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