Rev. Linda Barnes Popham says she’ll keep leading her Baptist church in Kentucky so long as her congregation stands behind her.
Popham is the pastor of Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, one of two churches that have been expelled from the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) because they employ women as pastors.
“Stepping aside? Oh, I offered that for the church, but the church obviously said no,” Popham told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. “They had to choose between the Southern Baptist Convention and me as their pastor. They clearly, in a vote, chose me unanimously.”
The SBC is the largest Protestant
