The Southern Baptist Convention faces a significant loss of 3.6 million members in two decades alongside a sexual abuse crisis but chose to focus on controversial social issues during its June 2025 meeting. Prominent among these was a resolution calling to overturn the Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalizing same-sex marriage, advocating for laws upholding traditional marriage. The group expressed strong opposition to various social issues including declining fertility, commercial surrogacy, and what they termed as 'transgender ideology,' emphasizing a created moral order based on their biblical interpretation which defines gender and sexuality traditionally.
At the June 2025 meeting, the Southern Baptist Convention focused on overturning same-sex marriage and promoting traditional family structures amid ongoing membership declines.
The resolution emphasized that gender and sex are biologically defined, reinforcing the traditional family model as central to God's order.
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