Sentences with phrase «women pastors for»

I guess growing up Methodist I'd always taken women pastors for granted.»

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The religious right are in the courts fightnig to cotrol women's reproductive rights, keep their pastors out of jail for se x ual misconduct, and for misappropriation of funds.

Verses fighting to control women's reproductive rights, fighting to keep their pastors out of jails for illicit se x ual conduct, fighting to protect their money... Gays are obviously walking in the Godly path and the religious right is going down the drain with the «ways of men.»

The religious right are in the courts fighting for control over women's reproductive rights, defending their pastors for illicit se x ual indiscretion and misappropriation of funds.

What would your views be about sexism say, if a female pastor or leader or any leader makle or female treated a man as if he had been opressive towards a woman with no evidence for that having happened?

Our Baptist denomination ordains women for all positions including Senior Pastor.

The last pastor at my church was a woman, she was with us for over 20 years before retiring a few years ago.

«In my faith community, popular women pastors such as Joyce Meyer were considered unbiblical for preaching from the pulpit in violation of the apostle Paul's restriction in 1 Timothy 2:12 («I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent»),

We returned and for a short time it seemed normal, but then strange things began to occur again behind thr scenes with one controlling narcissist woman whose family is friends with the pastor (so if she doesn't like you or feels threatened by you in any way plants bugs in his ear to affect leadership choices and assignments and negative treatment / assumptions about anyone she pleases).

A woman pastor can help the church recognize, in ways a man can not, that both men and women have been responsible for the growth and nurturing of sexism.

Women pastors who are concerned more for their people than for any ideology are less suspect and therefore probably better able to help us around the grave theological and liturgical hazards in God - language changes.

At least there are grounds for seeing in the implications of inclusive language — along with the unique effectiveness of women pastors — the seeds of renewal for mainline churches.

My experience as a pastor fades in comparison to such hardships endured by heroic men and women who have nothing but stones and fallen cinderblocks to hammer into gravel for concrete.

In the denomination where I grew up and served for so many years, there was never a woman pastor or deacon.

«A Georgia woman named Nirvana Jenette claims she was kicked out of church for breastfeeding, the pastor ordering her to nurse the baby in the bathroom and calling her behavior «lewd,» comparing her to a stripper...»

Give me a church for women where there are nude pictures of men and the female Pastor says «Damn it» and the visitors are still in their benches, not praying for her but for themselves.

When roughly 90 percent of evangelical pastors and 80 percent of evangelical seminarians are men, it can be hard for gifted women to find role models in the church.

Is it wrong for women to preach in church or be a pastor?

The week included a synchroblog that added many of your voices to the conversation, and the comment section that week was packed with its usual gems — from Hebrew scholars, to experts on Greco - Roman culture, to women pastors, to moms and dads who just want to make the Church a more hospitable environment for their daughters.

How can pastors / teachers / counselors call men to responsibility, again WITHOUT belittling women or creating a one - size - fits - all mold for masculinity?

It could be your mother, your sister, your wife, your best friend, your Sunday school teacher from long ago, a pastor, a mentor, a saint from centuries past, or even a woman you met for only a few minutes but whose presence changed you.

Senior pastors who are resigning or retiring can encourage that possibility by advising church leaders to explore the names of ordained women as potential candidates for filling the positions.

If we are to move toward a more just placement system for women, there are three groups of persons who can play an important role in bringing about such change: the men who currently serve as senior pastors, the men and women who serve as denominational placement officers, and the clergywomen themselves.

On the way to the shelter, the pastor could lay the biblical groundwork for why we take care of orphans and widows, and provide some special tips for dealing with battered women.

In the enthusiasm for firsthand experience, many of the men and women to whom I have been pastor and...

From there, other men and women started coming forward with their stories, which range from being romantically pursued by youth pastors to being blamed for their own sexual abuse.

I remember the young woman in Nashville who pulled me aside, tears brimming in her blue eyes, to tell me about how her mother worried about her, argued with her, and was deeply disappointed in her... for going to seminary and becoming a pastor (when «the Bible clearly teaches» women can not serve in such a way).

Let me say for the record that I do not believe that there are any biblical grounds for women being elders or teaching pastors of a church.

(CNN)- While controversy swirled around Phil Robertson Wednesday evening, the «Duck Dynasty» patriarch was at his longtime church, praying for a young woman who suffers from cancer, the TV star's pastor told CNN in an exclusive interview.

Directed by Marie Fortune, a pastor and author of Sexual Violence, The Unmentionable Sin: An Ethical and Pastoral Perspective (Pilgrim Press, 1983), the Center has developed resources for congregational study and action, including a study guide for teen - agers on preventing sexual abuse, a monograph on violence against women of color, and a manual for congregational use in discovering and developing community resources on family violence.

As Jesuit Tom Reese has pointed out, the bishops and cardinals appointed by John Paul II were chosen for their loyalty to Humanae Vitae, their opposition to the ordination of women, and the like, not for their competence as proven pastors, their administrative skills, or their breadth of vision.

Back in 2008 I wrote a post called «A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Polls» to address how surprised I was at the way Conservative Evangelical Christians were embracing the idea of a woman for Vice President while at the same time standing against women being ordained as pastors.

So pastors, don't be afraid of looking to Scripture for examples of strong and capable women.

It is unscriptural for a woman to be in the position of a pastor / elder (1 Timothy 3:2), it is also unscriptural for a woman to teach scripture to men in the setting of the local congregation (1 Timothy 2:12).

In fact, when I was in junior high, I remember being at a Christian youth conference where the speaker did an altar call of sorts for «young men called to be pastors» and «young women called to be pastors» wives.»

One woman sued her pastor in 1993 for writing a letter to the congregation that connected her with «Satan.»

Steinfels notes that the Protestants studied are in «a church that ordains married men and women; does not condemn contraception, abortion, or remarriage after divorce; is inclusive in its criteria for membership; prides itself on affirming American values; and emphasizes democratic decision making and the laity's right to participate in congregational spending, selecting pastors, and determining official church positions.

Therefore, the aspiring female minister's model is often a woman who has fought (or is fighting) the battle for acceptance, or she identifies with a nongender generalized model of the pastor.

Women pastors have not yet been around long enough for us to note any pattern in their handling of midcareer issues.

If a woman pastor arrives at retirement age with her pastoral identity intact, she will likely become a revered model for the next generation of women clergy.

When young pastor Matt Brown announced he was supporting a ministry for women in the sex industry led by an x-stripper, he was expecting applause.

The author examines the changing roles of men and, particularly, of women in the church, and suggests counseling techniques for use by pastors and counselors.

I know of people who will not attend a church that has a woman pastor, for example.

i think this should be a cultural issue in some places not a biblical doctrine for woman not to pastor / teach.

I assume that you have come to a definition of church from your studies of the bible and that it is this definition that effects the interpretation that it is right for women to preach in «church» or become a pastor.

There are some things a pastor or Paul couldn't / shouldn't / can't teach thus making way for the woman to teach.

And as for men being pastors and women not, I guess it depends on your church's form of goverment.

There is nothing in the scriptures against a woman witnessing and winning souls and even discussing the scriptures with men i.e. Aquilla and Pracilla discussing and explaining scripture to Apollos but when it comes to the official gathering of believers for service when men are present only a man can teach and only he can pastor.

How many pastors have been caught out having affairs on their wives, going to prostitutes, and going online dating lines for sex, what had undone David and Solomon was lust for women, but women everywhere are subjected to being told these men are the head of the church as if man himself is unfallable and can do know wrong, but males you do do wrong!.

-- «Once we understand the definition of «church» the whole debate about whether or not it is wrong for women to preach in church or be a «pastor» fades away into insignificance.