If a church vote on shifting from complementarian to egalitarian is about 90%, the leaders have been negligent in listening to the people or, which would be worse, the leaders have been insensitive or too powerful to care.
In your research, how pervasive are churches which are committed to spiritual formation? (Since that term is probably muddied by now, define it to be a Willard-like model.) Within such churches, do you find the egalitarian/complementarian issue to be a problem?
Thomas, on that one I don't think I have an inkling. I've never seen anything correlating spiritual formation churches and the egal-comp spectrum. Sorry.
Women are leaving churches and controlling money. It's just data.
Washington Post Jan 16 2024 "Women are gaining more economic power. They start more businesses than their male counterparts. They earn as much or more than their husbands in 45 percent of heterosexual marriages. Among solo households, they own more homes. And by the end of this decade, a 2020 study by the business consulting firm McKinsey found, women are poised to control much of the $30 trillion in wealth expected to be possessed by baby boomers. To underline just how staggering a figure that is, the researchers note that it is close to the annual U.S. gross domestic product."
In 2021, the census estimated that 21.1 million Americans were enrolled in college, according to the annual American Community Survey. About 12 million of them people were female, and about 9.2 million were male. That's a difference of about 2.6 million, or a 56%-to-44% split. Aug 20, 2023
Survey Center on American Life April 2024
Older Americans who left their childhood religion included a greater share of men than women. In the Baby Boom generation, 57 percent of people who disaffiliated were men, while only 43 percent were women. Gen Z adults have seen this pattern flip. Fifty-four percent of Gen Z adults who left their formative religion are women; 46 percent are men.
Christian Post April 10, 2024
When asked if they disagreed that “most churches and religious congregations treat men and women equally,” small majorities of women aged 65 and older (53%) and women between the ages of 50 and 64 (57%) answered in the affirmative. Much larger majorities of women between the ages of 30 and 49 (64%) and women between the ages of 18 and 29 (65%) thought churches treat men and women unequally.
In your research, how pervasive are churches which are committed to spiritual formation? (Since that term is probably muddied by now, define it to be a Willard-like model.) Within such churches, do you find the egalitarian/complementarian issue to be a problem?
Thomas, on that one I don't think I have an inkling. I've never seen anything correlating spiritual formation churches and the egal-comp spectrum. Sorry.
lol . . this is a hilarious question. Yeah, it's the same problem. You can deliver the curriculum inside a container of patriarchy.
Thank you
Women are leaving churches and controlling money. It's just data.
Washington Post Jan 16 2024 "Women are gaining more economic power. They start more businesses than their male counterparts. They earn as much or more than their husbands in 45 percent of heterosexual marriages. Among solo households, they own more homes. And by the end of this decade, a 2020 study by the business consulting firm McKinsey found, women are poised to control much of the $30 trillion in wealth expected to be possessed by baby boomers. To underline just how staggering a figure that is, the researchers note that it is close to the annual U.S. gross domestic product."
In 2021, the census estimated that 21.1 million Americans were enrolled in college, according to the annual American Community Survey. About 12 million of them people were female, and about 9.2 million were male. That's a difference of about 2.6 million, or a 56%-to-44% split. Aug 20, 2023
Survey Center on American Life April 2024
Older Americans who left their childhood religion included a greater share of men than women. In the Baby Boom generation, 57 percent of people who disaffiliated were men, while only 43 percent were women. Gen Z adults have seen this pattern flip. Fifty-four percent of Gen Z adults who left their formative religion are women; 46 percent are men.
Christian Post April 10, 2024
When asked if they disagreed that “most churches and religious congregations treat men and women equally,” small majorities of women aged 65 and older (53%) and women between the ages of 50 and 64 (57%) answered in the affirmative. Much larger majorities of women between the ages of 30 and 49 (64%) and women between the ages of 18 and 29 (65%) thought churches treat men and women unequally.
https://storylines.substack.com/p/young-women-are-leaving-church-in
Moms teach their children about God, it can't be a good thing if they don't feel church is welcoming.
Thanks be to God Scot McKnight advocates FOR women.