What the fuss is all about
Below is a collection of emails received from Pastors, staff, lay people asking
for an explanation of certain scriptures.  You will read their questions and
my replies.  This will help you answer the questions you receive.  It will help
you see the depth of feeling against women as pastors and deacons.  You
will read what others who support equality are saying. Pdf files.
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Email from a Pastor:  I just want to understand where you and others
who hold your position are coming from. What I see in scripture and in my
church is that women are entirely equal and that men and women have
equal reason to rejoice in the unique roles he gives each of us. There is
nothing about being a pastor, real or implied, that makes me any better
than anyone else. Submission is a good thing in the lives of both men and
women alike. In fact, in Matthew 23 Jesus teaches that the greatest role a
person could hold is one of a servant. I am not inferior because I serve,
submit, can not hold the role/title of mother or wife, or because I can not
physically give birth to a child. Neither should any woman feel inferior
because she serves, submits, or because she can’t hold the office of pastor,
be a father, or a husband.

My Response:
Pastor, how would you like it if a whole section of the Baptist Faith &
Message 2000 had been devoted to how “equal” you are, and then go
about setting very strict limits for your equality. The male or female part of
us does not prevent us from serving God as deacons and pastors.  What
prevents us is the BF&M 2000.

Having a baby is physiology, but being a pastor has nothing to do with
physiology. Women are more unique, they can have a baby and preach.

On this subject of the BF&M 2000, whenever a church puts a link to it, or
puts it on its website, you can be sure they are not trying to tell people
what they believe about the relationship of church and state.  What they
are saying is “we don’t allow women deacons and pastors.”  It is an “in
your face” kind of statement which enforces male authority over the women
of the church.