Aug ’09.
Recently In the face of a beautiful afternoon I found my self enjoying a succulent burger in a great bbq. Amongst friends, food and children running around the evening looked very promising.
As the conversations went from the traditional soccer team is not doing this or is failing to do such and such I caught my self paying attention to an interesting topic… Women in Leadership… (to be specific, in ministry) as some of the fellows opinionated theirs views and the women listen (but didn’t voiced their thoughts), it was apparent to me that this was the conversation to zone in.
Five minutes in and there was a huge an interesting turn on the conversation… “women can preach, but they shouldn’t be allowed to be the head of a church (senior pastor)” Guy #1 said… and after several traditional comments were voiced as to why women shouldn’t be the head of this or the head of that let’s just say that these dudes were no doubt straight up in your face take it like it is hard core old school.
Immediately I though of three international gospel super stars for the lack of a better description, Joyce Meyer, Paula White & Rachel Hickson, and naturally the fellows didn’t know how to respond, you see time and time again people can question your faith, but cannot question your good works.
Guy #1 does not buy into their ministries either…. (wow) So naturally I asked him, in 30 years your little girl might be called to lead a church, are you saying that you won’t support her? or in your own words “leave” such a church?
It’s so easy to stand up for something until it affects you personally, actually it’s rather funny to see how a person’s opinion might quickly change, and just for the record the intent here and there was not in any way, shape or form to slam dunk this guy, but rather to see things differently, to see a little bit ahead of what God might have ahead of us.
About 30 minutes into the conversation with a cold burger on hand I was labeled a “liberal” christian… oh well I’ve been called worst… I guess… lolol
I believe that in the coming years God will break church models, that he will find men and women who will speak to his people, whether they’d be Jew or Greek (ok find more contemporary) Latino or American and speak to them in their own language, not as in Spanish or English, but as in something that is relevant to them and their culture.
I think that Guy #1 definitively walked away with some helpful information that at least will make him think twice as to what his real position on this matter is.