Confront the Scandal of Our Prejudices—Part 10
“I believe we too need to open up more places for women to use their special resources for kingdom work.”
With that statement I haven’t tried to resolve all the doctrinal issues related to women in ministry. But I am challenging men of the church to make more room at the table for women, just as we need to do for minorities. Can you respond “amen” to that?
For too long we have stereotyped women as being capable of taking charge of the church nursery but not the church treasury. We’ve said women can teach boys and girls, but not a mixed adult class. In Scripture we read that women should learn in silence. Often the only word we see•is “silence.” We miss the fact that women were encouraged to inquire and learn. Why learn if one’s knowledge can’t be used?
One of the great unsung demonstrations of the working of the Holy Spirit in the church in our land is what’s happening among women. They are becoming “maiden warriors.” I commend my sisters in the Lord. And I believe the Lord is challenging many of us who are men to confront the scandal of our sexual prejudices.
This chapter has been a cram course. I’ve tried to write too much in too restricted a space. Suffice it to underscore that this matter of prejudices is a real-life nightmare that continues to trouble the church. The Lord is telling me to grow up and stop acting out of little-boy fears. What’s He saying to you?
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