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As the Southern Baptist Convention holds its Annual Meeting in Dallas, BWIM will host a conversation about the state of women in the SBC with Dr. Beth Allison Barr on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 7:30pm at First United Methodist Church of Dallas. 

At the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting, it is anticipated that efforts will be renewed to pass a constitutional amendment banning churches from calling women pastors of any kind. Additionally, other issues affecting women, including the SBC’s Sexual Abuse Prevention & Response efforts and potentially resolutions related to women’s roles and bodies, are likely to be considered as well. 

Dr. Barr will join Rev. Dr. Meredith Stone, BWIM’s Executive Director, to discuss the progression of these issues in the SBC and at the 2025 Annual Meeting, how they relate to the SBC’s past actions or inactions regarding women, and hopes they have for women in the SBC. The event will also include a book signing at the conclusion of the conversation. 

Dr. Barr is the New York Times Best-Selling Author of Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Women’s Path to Ministry (Brazos Press, 2025), USA Today Best-Selling Author of Making Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth (Brazos Press, 2021), and co-host of the acclaimed podcast, All the Buried Women.

Thursday, June 26, 2025

11:30 AM- 1:00 PM

Join BWIM for a conversation with Rev. Angela Denker, author of Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood. This discussion will examine how contemporary constructions of masculinity in the U.S. are radicalizing religious patriarchy, and what men and women can do in response in order to develop communities who value gender equity.

Executive Director, Meredith Stone, will also provide an update on BWIM’s work to support women in ministry and leadership and advocate for their full affirmation in Baptist life.

NOVEMBER 6-8, 2025

SECOND-PONCE DE LEON BAPTIST CHURCH

ATLANTA, GEORGIA

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Having recently finished Angela Denker's Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood in preparation for the BWIM Luncheon at the CBF General Assembly on Thursday, June 26, 2025, I am struck by Denker's accessible and engaging writing style. She skillfully unpacks the complex and layered issue of how Christian nationalist theology has profoundly shaped American boyhood and manhood. Denker compellingly demonstrates how this theology encourages boys and men to suppress their emotions in favor of a prescribed masculine identity. This emotional detachment diminishes boys’ and mens’ capacity for empathy and compassion while simultaneously creating internal conflict. I was particularly challenged by the chapter exploring how men are both perpetrators of this Christian nationalist theology and victims of its early indoctrination. As I consider strategies for cultivating more male advocates for women in ministry and leadership, the question of how to heal this deep rift in both men and boys is at the forefront of my mind. The work of developing male advocates requires dismantling the harmful effects of Christian nationalist masculinity that Denker so clearly articulates. Her focus on storytelling as a means of bridging divides suggests a powerful approach. By creating spaces for men to share and hear stories, we can break down these barriers and foster a deeper commitment to gender equity in ministry.

Have you transitioned to a new role? Have you recently been ordained? Let us know so we can celebrate you!

If you know a Baptist woman who has transitioned to a new ministerial role, been ordained or will be ordained soon, please send information nikkihardeman@bwim.info. Please also include pictures from ordinations as well! BWIM wants to share in celebrating congregational affirmation of all women in ministry, and it helps us keep records of all of the women ordained in Baptist life.

Rev. Joy Martinez-Marshall accepted a call to be the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ottawa, Kansas

Rev. Holly Farler (pictured) was ordained at Ball Camp Baptist Church in Knoxville, TN on April 25, 2025

Rev. Lindsay Karbach was ordained at McGill Baptist Church in Concord, NC on March 30, 2025

New positions posted online since the last newsletter include:

• Minister of Discipleship and Missions (Full Time): First Baptist Church, Rome, GA
• Senior Pastor (Full Time): First Baptist Church, Silver Spring, MD
• Chaplain (Full Time): University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH
• Director of Weekday School (Full Time): St. John's Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC
• Director of Spiritual Life (Full Time): Culver Academies, Culver, IN

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