So much so that the Credentials Committee withdrew its proposal concerning Saddleback church’s female pastors. There is nothing in the SBC Constitution that requires churches to subscribe to the BF&M in their foundational documents. This reading of the SBC Constitution is confirmed by the recent addition of III.1.4 and III.1.5 to the SBC Constitution, which read as follows:4. The SBC credentials committee actually isn’t set up to actively police SBC church doctrine. So the question is not whether the Credentials Committee should be in the business of seeking out such churches.

Source: CNN June 21, 2022 04:16 UTC