Calvary Chapel Leaders Oppose Women Pastors at Costa Mesa

Faith Facts

• Scripture in 1 Timothy 2:12 affirms that women should not teach or exercise authority over men in the church.
• Traditional church leadership throughout church history has upheld male eldership as the biblical model.
• Many Calvary Chapel congregations across the nation continue to stand for the clear teaching of Scripture on church governance.

Pastors across the Calvary Chapel movement are speaking out after Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa announced it would begin ordaining women as pastors.

The announcement from Pastor Char Brodersen has drawn swift and public pushback from leaders who once looked to Costa Mesa as the movement’s flagship church.

“We believe the Bible clearly teaches male leadership in the church,” one pastor stated in response to the decision.

“This is not about equality of worth but about the order God established for His people,” another leader added.

Many within the movement view the shift at Costa Mesa as a departure from the biblical pattern that has guided Calvary Chapel since its founding.

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