Sexism in the Black Church

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This week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted to advance a formal ban that would prevent women from serving as pastors. This news took me back to 1990. Let me explain. When I was little, my favorite church services were when women took charge. This happened only a few times a year, on the fifth Sunday […]

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