SBC & WMU

There is a Washington Post article concerning the possibility that the SBC may bring the WMU [Woman's Missionary Union] under its control, removing its auxilliary status. The article quotes the usual suspects. For example: "The WMU has been the one organization controlled and run by women," said Robert Parham, executive director of Baptist Center for Ethics, a Nashville group that often criticizes the conservative direction of the Southern Baptists. "Taking control of the WMU solidifies male dominance of the SBC."

There have been motions made through the years at the annual Southern Baptist Convention to this effect. It is very doubtful that the long-standing relationship between the WMU & SBC will ever change. Nor do I think it should. By the way, the Post's headine: "Baptist's Eye Women Missionary Group" is misleading at best.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/24/AR2006022401217.html