Today in class the professor asked us where we stand on women's role as displayed in Scripture. He asked us to raise our hands for the comlpementarian view (women are equal but have a distinct role and certain restrictions on leadership functions) and the egalitarian view (women are different, yet equal in their role and ability to lead). For the first time ever I raised my hand for the egalitarian view. My hand raise is as much a response to my current position of leadership as it is to my biblical view which tends to be more complementarian.
You see, the question of whether I should be leading or not haunted me last year. I have to say I think women in the church have it hard. We often see extremes such as "women should never lead" or swinging to the other side "there is no difference." We have few examples of strong, godly women who courageously yet humbly lead. We need more examples; we need women who humbly and willingly lead. We need men with such confidence and assurance that they can lead and be unintimidated in encouraging us in our gifting.
Mostly, we need to be on our face, before God and with His Word seeking His plan and purpose for our lives and humbly following His lead.
To some questions, there are no simple or easy answers.
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