Top Southern Baptist leadership disfellowshipped a church in Anchorage for egalitarian views is "a little strange," pastor said.

But the convention can decide which churches are in and which are out. And even without a formal amendment, its executive committee has begun telling churches with women pastors that they’re out.

“To me it said we’re welcoming women to be leaders ... How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis,” ...