How male headship became core to SBC identity

Historian Beth Allison Barr explains how last week's annual meetings highlight the consolidation of complementarian teaching, even beyond the SBC.

Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention — the largest Protestant denomination fellowship of churches in North America — held its annual meeting in New Orleans.

It’s fascinating to me that people far outside SBC life and culture follow the meetings closely. Several weeks ago, I noted that if you want to know where evangelicalism is going, you need t…