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Originally Posted by Nell
QOSTA,
This is classic Evangelical. He constructed his own question and answered it instead of responding to the one thing you wanted to know.
Nell
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The answer to that question is no, I have not seen any female in a leadership position on the basis of her own spirituality and leading men outside of the covering of a husband.
Rather, I have seen husbands and wives serving God together, in a way that mirrors the example of Abraham and Sarah. Two people, male and female, serving God together as God intended. The female, submitting to her husband, and not trying to rule over him or others, in the church. But likely, having the freedom to rule the roost at home. Male leaders at church, female leaders at home, is often how I have observed things to be in the LC. When I first joined the LC and attending home meetings, it was the women of the house telling people what to do and when to do it. Yet not in an overbearing way. So women get to rule the home 24/7 , 7 days a week, and they complain about not being in leadership for 2 hours on a Sunday? That's how I see the matter anyway.
And one must be naive to think that men in church leadership positions do not have discussions at home with their wives where their wives can provide input and influence their decision making. A strong male leader and a sweet yet crafty wife is the stereotypical power couple I believe. Abraham and Sarah were possibly like that because Sarah devised the plan to have Ishmael. The bible contains examples of women married to powerful men influencing or trying to influence their decision making at home, such as the beheading of John the baptist, and warning Pilate to have nothing to do with Jesus.