Baptist Council Refuses Ordination

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 10, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 42.

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Baptist Council Refuses Ordination

A BAPTIST council in Minnesota, called to ordain a young minister, after closing their examination of the candidate passed a resolution declaring that, while they heartily approved his Christian character, call to the ministry, and doctrinal views, his denial of the right of women to speak in church was designed to interfere with his usefulness, and they therefore declined to ordain him.