Kim Eskridge, pastor for women and children at First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Va., poses for an undated photo provided by the church. The congregation plans to send representatives to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis June 11-12, 2024, where delegates will vote on whether to amend the convention's constitution to ban any church with a woman pastor. (First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Va. via AP)
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 16, 2021, file photo, people attend the morning session of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Southern Baptists gathering at their next annual meeting June 11-12, 2024, in Indianapolis will vote on whether to enact a constitutional ban on churches with women pastors. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
FILE - People take part in a worship service during the annual Southern Baptist Convention meeting Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Southern Baptists gathering at their next annual meeting June 11-12, 2024, in Indianapolis will vote on whether to enact a constitutional ban on churches with women pastors. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
The Rev. Meredith Stone welcomes participants to the 2022 Baptist Women in Ministry Annual Gathering, June 28, 2022, at Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas. The organization plans prayer gatherings in support of Baptist female pastors outside the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Indianapolis June 11-12, 2024. (Baptist Women in Ministry, via AP)
Robert Stephens, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Va., poses for an undated photo provided by the church. The congregation plans to send representatives to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis June 11-12, 2024, where delegates will vote on whether to amend the convention's constitution to ban any church with a woman pastor. (First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Va. via AP)
Rick Warren speaks at the Southern Baptist Convention at the New Orleans Ernest N Morial Convention Center, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in New Orleans. Rick Warren, retired pastor of Saddleback Church in California, speaks at the Southern Baptist Convention at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in New Orleans. Warren was making an unsuccessful appeal to have the church reinstated in the convention after it was ousted for having a woman pastor. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)
FILE - Southern Baptist Convention President J. D. Greear speaks during the denomination's annual meeting Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Southern Baptists gathering at their next annual meeting June 11-12, 2024, in Indianapolis will vote on whether to enact a constitutional ban on churches with women pastors. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Linda Bames Popham, pastor of Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, speaks at the Southern Baptist Convention at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Popham was making an unsuccessful appeal to have the church reinstated in the convention after it was ousted because of her role as a woman pastor. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)