Fern Creek Baptist Church. (WDRB file photo)
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For 30 years, Rev. Linda Barnes Popham has stood in front of the Fern Creek Baptist Church. But a woman leading the church led to its disfellowship with the convention.
The Southern Baptist Convention narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in their constitution after opponents argued it was unnecessary because the denomination already has a way of ousting such churches.
