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The SBC will sell insurance, retirement to women pastors — if they aren’t Southern Baptists

In 2004, Southern Baptists voted to allow their insurance and retirement agency to work with other churches. The latest denomination to sign up is the Global Methodist Church, made up of former United Methodists.

D. Hance Dilbeck Jr., president and CEO, GuideStone Financial Resources, gives a financial resources report during the start of the Southern Baptist Convention held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., on June 14, 2022. Photo by Justin L. Stewart/Religion News Service

(RNS) — Southern Baptists do not believe that women can be pastors or that churches should baptize infants.

But that won’t stop them from doing business with churches that disagree.

The Global Methodist Church, a relatively new denomination made up mostly of former United Methodists, announced this week that Dallas-based GuideStone Financial Resources “will administer its retirement, health insurance, and ancillary benefit...

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