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NPR > Baptist Leaders Face Challenge On Women’s Roles.
But Wade Burleson, pastor of a Southern Baptist megachurch in Enid, Okla., says the leaders got it wrong.

“You are badly misinterpreting the word of God, and the consequences of your misinterpretation are enormous,” Burleson says.

Burleson says Jesus treated women as equals, and if Southern Baptists ignore his example, the denomination will shrivel. Burleson believes there’s a quiet underground movement within the convention to rethink women’s roles.