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Poorer Indeed: A Response to the Restriction of Women in Ministry Leadership by the Southern Baptist Convention
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Deacon Dr. Laura Gifford
June 22, 2026
“Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights, beside the way,..
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