Women in Ministry Pt. 3
Women in Ministry Part 3
Many have guarded the front doors of the Church from feminism, while at the same time keep the back door open to misogyny.
- Sandra Glahn
In our day and age, it is very difficult to walk in tension because of the mass polarization we see in the culture. Some may see it as impossible, or even compromise. Despite what many naysayers would state, two things can be true at once.
We can empower and open ministry roles to women, as the gospel allows and mandates, without giving into radical liberal theology and compromise. These two are not tied together, nor deterministic. In the same breath, many arguing against women in ministry, whether intending to or not (and I will always argue they do so with the best intentions for both men and women), continue to perpetuate actual misogyny and in some cases abuse in Church culture.
There is no ontological difference between man and women. Both are equally made in the image of God.
The gospel is the enabling of humanity through the power of the Holy Spirit because of Christ's redemption on the cross to return to the Edenic ideal of both men and women being the stewards of creation, and priests to God.
Be it in the Gospels, letters of Paul, patristic fathers, even early church councils, and the wives of many of the reformers we see women who participate and are voices in public ministry as a benefit to the body of Christ.
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