Hi Guys!
We're keeping the heat up with another challenging conversation. What do you think about gender roles in the church and women in church leadership? Is this is a topic that you have struggled with? Is this a topic that you haven't thought about at all? Is there value in exploring this?
We think so, and there's quite a number of people, books, and resources that have put a lot of TLC into exploring this topic. Within theological debate, you may come across the words Complementarian and Egalitarian as a way to describe two different perspectives here. This answer to this question does not weight in being saved or not, rather, this could be viewed as a secondary topic that describes HOW we walk out our faith.
Why does this topic matter? This topic could be the very thing keeping someone from trusting God. If someone has seen women degraded or devalued and have attributed these actions as "what God thinks about half the population," then yes, this can be a big stumbling block.
It's indeed a nuanced conversation, so I'll leave it at that. I hope you tune in to hear a bit about our church experience, Bill and I coming to faith in college, and where we have thought through this topic ourselves.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
1 Timothy 2:11-15 (but I’d encourage you to read all of chapter 2 to feel the real weight and charge placed on all of us, male and female)
1 Timothy 3:1-12 (qualifications for overseers and deacons section)
Book - No Longer Holding Back by Kat Armstrong
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NOT MENTIONED:
Checkout Theology in the Raw Podcast! Search for “egalitarian” and “complementarian” and a lot of guest episodes will come up.
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