On June 10, the Southern Baptist Convention voted to prevent women from serving as pastors of churches. Here, Dr. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, can be seen speaking at the 2026 Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando, Florida.
Meeting in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, June 10, the amendment, dubbed the Truth and Unity Amendment, was sponsored by Dr. Al Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
With this amendment, the long-controversial subject of women serving as pastors, overseers, or elders in churches that are part of the Southern Baptist Convention was taken to task, with the amendment proposing to add the following to the Constitution of the SBC: