Bye-bye, Baptists.ATLANTA-- Many advocates of women's ordination were encouraged by Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter's decision to sever TO SEVER, practice. When defendants who are sued jointly have separate defences, they may in general sever, that is, each one rely on his own separate defence; each may plead severally and insist on his own separate plea. See Severance. ties with the Southern Baptist Convention Noun 1. Southern Baptist Convention - an association of Southern Baptists association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" Southern Baptist - a member of the Southern Baptist Convention because of its "increasingly rigid" views on the role of women. "I personally feel the Bible says all people are equal in the eyes of God," the former president told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I personally feel that women should play an absolutely equal role in the service of Christ in the church." The Carters' announcement in October came four months after the Southern Baptist Convention declared that women could no longer serve as pastors. Two years ago, the group called for wives to be submissive sub·mis·sive adj. Inclined or willing to submit. sub·mis  sive·ly adv.sub·mis to their husbands. The former Georgia governor said he will continue to teach Sunday school--as he has since he was 18 years old--and serve as a deacon at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plaines. The Carters' decision continued an exodus of liberals and moderates from the organization, but the convention's president isn't worried. "The vast majority of Southern Baptists Noun 1. Southern Baptist - a member of the Southern Baptist Convention Southern Baptist Convention - an association of Southern Baptists Baptist - follower of Baptistic doctrines are extremely happy with the direction the convention is taking," the Rev. James G. Merritt told the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. |
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