Pastors react after Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa says it ordains women pastors

Pastor Char Brodersen speaks at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in California on Nov. 1, 2026. | Screenshot/YouTube/Calvary Chapel Costa MesaPastors in the Calvary Chapel movement reacted with public statements opposing Char Brodersen’s announcement that Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, once the movement's flagship church, ordains women as pastors.The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA) said through its Heartland Regional Team, which oversees affiliated churches in its region, that it sees no sound biblical basis for ordaining women to serve as elders and pastors and that the practice conflicts with the association’s distinctives.

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