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He told delegates who debated the issue, We have to decide if we will treat each other as allies or adversaries.. #1. RELATED: Saddleback Churchs ordination of women pastors to be considered by SBC committee. Were so grateful to share this moment with you. Wood's first official day as pastor will be Sept. 12. Now that the Executive Committee has voted out Saddleback, they or another of the other disfellowshipped churches can appeal to the upcoming annual meeting this June in New Orleans. saddleback church. Why was this so controversial? In 1977, the California state conventionrejectedrepresentatives, known as messengers, from a Fresno church that practiced alien immersion and open Communion and debated those issues for years. Im going to look carefully to see what Bible says.. Andy Wood is currently lead pastor at Echo Church, a multisite church, while Stacie Wood serves as a teaching pastor. Those changes led to a series of churches being removed for being affirming, beginning with Pullen Memorial Baptist Church and Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist in North Carolina. Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors, Belarus sentences Nobel Peace laureate Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in jail, This is Bidens chance to press Scholz on Germanys rearmament, Why Russia and Ukraine are fighting over Bakhmut, Southern Baptists annual convention in Anaheim. After announcing plans to retire in September, Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life and one of the most influential voices in evangelical Christianity, named San Francisco pastor Andy Wood to follow him at Saddleback, a Southern California congregation Warren founded that draws 25,000 people to worship services. The AP is solely responsible for this content. How did Saddleback get kicked out of the SBC? It's complicated. Before 1925, local churches that identified as Baptist funded individual SBC institutions and causes. Saddleback remains Southern Baptist for now, after surprise appeal by (RNS) Leaders at Rick Warrens Saddleback Church say a preliminary investigation has cleared Andy Wood, Warrens recently announced successor, of allegations made by a former staff member.