Bible Does not say Men are to be in Charge. Men Said it.


I'm sure it's universal in branches of Christianity which prevent women from being preachers, the Bible tells us only men shall be preachers. Catholics say it as well as a large swath of Protestants. 

A Professor of Religion has looked into the Bible to find a consistent theme that men are to "lead" and women to "help." The Professor found an error in interpretation and selective choices of scripture have led to this error. The Bible says men and women are to be equals.

Like everything else in the Bible, it takes more than one position. According to the link, however, a mistranslation is the reason it is popularly believed men are to lead women. You can read the mistranslated term. 

It is only logical men were the ones who mistranslated. We need only look at much of Christianity today and see men, old white men in particular, crowding out everyone else to take leadership positions. I've read of Southern Baptist leaders who say the denomination can bend on many issues but not on the one of women being pastors. There are, of course, a variety of views within the Southern Baptist Convention. The famous Rick Warren has several Southern Baptist churches and ordained a few women recently. Efforts to kick out his churches were unsuccessful so far. 

Nothing could be better for Christianity than for the entire wing which is prejudices against female clergy to change its mind. It would inevitably bring new people, both men and women, and present a front of being informed and modern.  

I read today statistics about the number of churches that open and the number than close for good. The net is about four more close each week than open. This is the same statistic I remember seeing several years ago when I first started this blog. After years of growth, there has to be some reasons for the decline. Surely one is singling out various groups and putting them down. It has been black and homosexual people. All the while it has been women. To say it is time for a change would be an understatement. 

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