"The problem was that her obvious giftedness called into question the church’s policy about women in leadership." Yup. Women threaten the culture of the church. Since their theology doesn't support God preparing women for leadership, they dispose of the "problem".
I have to admit I was in a state of "blissful" ignorance about the magnitude of sexism in the church. Having become an evangelical in churches with women pastors (one of them led by a woman pastor), it was only a few weeks ago that I realized how, on the rickety basis of 1 Timothy 2, a whole edifice of exclusion was built. This series has featured various posts now, but I want to applaud Heather, Scot, and all the contributors for their eye-opening testimonies about their experiences of sexism in the church. (I would also add Sandra Glahn's foreword to "40 Questions about Women in Ministry.") Let us hope that such testimonies will become fewer and fewer, and that women's experiences of church and in church will be filled instead by the same love that Jesus denied to no one—a truth exemplified by the fact that the post-resurrection church began with Mary Magdalene's faith.
"The problem was that her obvious giftedness called into question the church’s policy about women in leadership." Yup. Women threaten the culture of the church. Since their theology doesn't support God preparing women for leadership, they dispose of the "problem".
I have to admit I was in a state of "blissful" ignorance about the magnitude of sexism in the church. Having become an evangelical in churches with women pastors (one of them led by a woman pastor), it was only a few weeks ago that I realized how, on the rickety basis of 1 Timothy 2, a whole edifice of exclusion was built. This series has featured various posts now, but I want to applaud Heather, Scot, and all the contributors for their eye-opening testimonies about their experiences of sexism in the church. (I would also add Sandra Glahn's foreword to "40 Questions about Women in Ministry.") Let us hope that such testimonies will become fewer and fewer, and that women's experiences of church and in church will be filled instead by the same love that Jesus denied to no one—a truth exemplified by the fact that the post-resurrection church began with Mary Magdalene's faith.
Thank you