{"id":4663,"date":"2008-12-01T00:30:36","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T00:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/12\/expanding-women-in-ministry.html"},"modified":"2008-12-01T00:30:36","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T00:30:36","slug":"expanding-women-in-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/12\/expanding-women-in-ministry.html","title":{"rendered":"Expanding Women in Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the arguments of our new book,The Blue Parakeet, is that any church that calls itself biblical must permit women to do now what they did in the New Testament, and that includes prophesying, teaching, praying and founding churches. I was encouraged by the following letter. We want to hear today from those folks who are working at opening ministries to women … what are you struggling about? what gains are you finding? what strategies are helping? why the resistance to do what the Bible permits women to do? <\/i><\/p>\n

Scot, <\/p>\n

You do not know me, and I can only imagine the amount of email that you receive each day. I want to say this is a complimentary email – as the subject line may cause you wonder.This is in reference to your wonderful new book The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible<\/a>\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/em>.  <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\nA little about me and the church I pastor. I am pastoring in an urban
\nchurch in the West. We are very much focused outward –
\nconcerned with issued of poverty, hunger, homelessness, human
\ntrafficking, and immigration – all of which are right outside our door
\nin the form of people (or cracked eikons) everyday. I just came to this
\nchurch from a church in the Midwest. As progressive as this church is,
\nI was surprised to find that they had never empowered women to serve in
\nany and all capacities.<\/p>\n

I just read The Blue Parakeet<\/i> and noted your comment on page 150 where you said, “I
\n(and my colleagues) failed our female students at TEDS, that we should
\nhave engaged this debate ‘tooth and claw,’ and that had we done so the
\nEvangelical Free Church as well as that seminary may have been a much
\nmore liberating institution than it is today.” <\/p>\n

I simply wanted to tell you that we as a church have just made the
\ndecision to practice what we feel is “biblical equality” and open the
\nall ministry roles (paid and volunteer) to both men and women. We have
\nbeen suggesting collegial and well informed resources to those who are
\nstruggling with our decision – and your new book is on that list.<\/p>\n

I write you simply to say “Thank you.” Thank you for your scholarship,
\ndedication to Scripture, obvious love of Jesus, and candidness with
\nwhich you write. Thanks for all your hard work – it has served to shape
\nmy thinking, challenge my own private “status-quos”, and further my
\nunderstanding of Jesus. Have a wonderful day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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