[Evangelical]

I dont think Christianity has ever officially endorsed slavery so don't see the relevance.

I note that your argument for women is based on capability or custom than the Bible.

Now on topics like the local church in the city I was told numerous times that my descriptive examples were not prescriptive so they do not mean we should follow one church per city.

On the topic of women the example of Deborah and others are descriptive and yet Pauls prescriptive commands deny female leadership. To me if you want to be consistent in your application of the prescriptive vs descriptive passages you should also deny the old testament descriptions and just follow Pauls commands which the Greek NT scholars tell us are weighty.

I am saying the old testament examples are stronger than the new testament ones. Still in themselves are not on equal footing with male examples. Deborah is what..one of only 12 or so Judges of Israel. An exception perhaps not a rule. And her role as a Prophetess was moreso an intermediary between God and the people than a leader. God was their leader.