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EvangelicalBaptist

Rick Warren on Female Pastors: About That SBC Debate

Theologian

Gavin Ortlund


Duration

43.34


Uploaded to YouTube

18 June 2023

Added to Database

25 November 2025


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In this video I do theological triage on complementarianism and egalitarianism, responding to recent events in the Southern Baptist Convention regarding Saddleback Church, Rick Warren, and the question of female pastors.

Thomas Kidd's article on Baptist confessions of faith: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/evangelical-history/confessions-of-faith-and-the-baptist-tradition/
Sam Storms' article on female pastors: https://www.samstorms.org/enjoying-god-blog/post/a-complementarian-case-for-women-as-pastors
My book on theological triage: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Right-Hills-Die-Theological/dp/1433567423/truthunites-20

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00:00 Introduction
02:40 1) Response to Rick Warren
08:53 2) Complementarianism as a Second-Rank Issue
22:10 3) Not All Egalitarians Are Liberals
32:32 4) Not all Complementarians Are Abusive
39:37 Final Appeal