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The Collective Table"We're Still Here" - Season 10 FinaleAs Season 10: The 50.5% comes to a close, Claire and Jenell take a reflective journey through the stories, conversations, and wisdom that shaped this unforgettable season. With no guest this time, it’s an intimate and powerful dialogue between co-hosts and the community of listeners who’ve followed along.
In this episode: We revisit key moments from the season and reflect on what they stirred in us. Listener voices take center stage, through voicemails, comments, and deeply personal reflections. We share our thoughts on All the Buried Women, a podcast mini-series that unearthed hidden truths from the Southern Baptist...2025-06-1644 minThe Collective Table"I gave up, God won" with Rev. Carol RawlingsWhat does it mean to be called when the world says you can’t, or shouldn’t?
In our latest episode of The Collective Table Podcast, we hear from Rev. Carol Rawlings - the second woman to pastor at Oceanside Sanctuary - as she shares her story of saying yes to ministry in a time (and a church) that wasn’t sure it wanted her.
With warmth, grit, and wisdom, Carol reflects on how her call to preach collided with real-world resistance - and how, ultimately, the Spirit wouldn’t let her go. It’s a story ab...2025-05-1952 min
The Bible For Normal People[ATBW] Episode 5 - She Refused to Take the BedIn the last episode of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke explore the story behind a confidential letter in the SBC’S archives that leads to a pastor’s wife named Maria. They also look at the Southern Baptist Convention's decision to expel churches that ordain women, critiquing the rhetoric of unity and biblical authority used to justify the exclusion of women from leadership roles Last, the episode draws on the lost portrait of Saint Fabiola as a symbol of women's enduring resistance, urging listeners to recognize the hidden stories of women who continue to c...2025-04-1058 min
The Bible For Normal People[ATBW] Episode 4 - People Who Have Consensual Affairs Don't End Up With PTSDIn Episode 4 of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke share the story of Christa Brown, a sexual abuse survivor and advocate. Her experience reflects the broader issue of clergy abuse, where victims are often silenced and blamed, while abusers are protected and transferred to new congregations. The episode also highlights Pooler’s research on the harmful psychological impacts of clergy sexual abuse, including PTSD rates higher than those of combat veterans, and the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) ongoing failure to protect victims.We reached out to the SBC, Paige Patterson, Darryl Gily...2025-04-0359 min
The Bible For Normal People[ATBW] Episode 3 - LoopholesIn Episode 3 of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke explore the "loopholes" that allowed women to serve in ministry within the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), despite the formal prohibition against female ordination. These loopholes included roles like professors, missionaries, and pastor’s wives, which allowed women to take on leadership and preaching roles in practice, even though they were not officially recognized as ordained ministers.We reached out to the SBC, Paige Patterson, Darryl Gilyard, Tommy Gilmore, and the Council for National Policy for comment, and did not hear back.2025-03-2745 min
The Bible For Normal People[ATBW] Episode 2 - The Invisible WomanIn Episode 2 of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke uncover the turbulent and hidden history of women in the Southern Baptist Convention. The story begins in the 1970s, an era of progress and pushback, and follows the journey of Kathy Hoppe, an ordained woman whose call to ministry intersected with a calculated takeover of the SBC. What happens when conviction collides with politics, and how do women respond when their calling is questioned? This episode reveals the invisible threads tying women’s resilience to a denomination shaped by control and conflict.We re...2025-03-201h 03
The Bible For Normal People[ATBW] Episode 1 - George Orwell Warned Us About 1984In the debut episode of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke aim to uncover women’s stories hidden in the Southern Baptist Convention’s archives. The story begins in an unexpected place for a podcast about Southern Baptists: 4th-century Rome with Saint Fabiola. Because Fabiola challenged religious and societal norms, her story has become a safe harbor for women with similar experiences… even women in the SBC. Fast forward to 1984, where a pivotal moment in Kansas City, Missouri, changed the trajectory of women’s roles in the Southern Baptist Convention. There’s a reason Orwell war...2025-03-1357 min
The Bible For Normal People[Bible] Episode 293: Beth Allison Barr & Savannah Locke - The Women Filed Away by the Southern Baptist ConventionIn this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk to Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke, the creators of our brand new mini-series All the Buried Women, about their journey uncovering the hidden history of women in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) through archival research for Beth’s new book Becoming the Pastor’s Wife. Together they offer a picture of hope for change through truth-telling and historical accountability.Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-293-beth-allison-barr-savannah-locke-the-women-filed-away-by-the-southern-baptist-convention/ Watch this episode on YouTube → https://youtu.be/T625FTB-Xno 2025-03-1057 min
The Bible For Normal People[ATBW] Introducing All the Buried WomenSavannah Locke introduces All the Buried Women, a compelling new miniseries that uncovers the hidden stories of women within the archives of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). What started as a small passion project grew into a year-and-a-half journey into the history of America’s largest Protestant denomination. Together, historian Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke are bringing to light the experiences of women silenced by their own denomination and the systemic forces that enabled their marginalization.Show Notes —> https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/introducing-all-the-buried-women/Credits:
Hosts: Beth Allison Barr and...2025-03-0606 min