Women are barred from the church's highest ministerial positions ... It leaves open "the question of women's access to diaconal ministry." It was the most contested paragraph of the final document ...
The two churches' stated reasons for leaving the SBC differ, but are both understood to be due to the wider debate about women in ministry as and standards for church affiliation. The Baptist ...
"Both men and women can apply to be students for the ministry, trained in our college and become eligible to be ordained as full ministers of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland," he added.