tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281646828065481306.post7387359408845408351..comments2015-10-13T06:50:12.838-05:00Comments on The Shedd: The Issue of GenderMatt Sheddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05808021420665821024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281646828065481306.post-49337321233373430272011-07-13T17:01:16.166-05:002011-07-13T17:01:16.166-05:00I'll be looking forward to your thoughts.
Als...I'll be looking forward to your thoughts.<br /><br />Also, you started it...<br />"The overseers were the final rule and authority for the church."Duanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05677833011075178034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281646828065481306.post-63029082358069573352011-07-13T16:03:48.866-05:002011-07-13T16:03:48.866-05:00Duane! Thanks for the thoughts! (You too Tamara,...Duane! Thanks for the thoughts! (You too Tamara, but Duane is the single greatest friend I have ever had, so he gets the great treatment).<br /><br />I agree with your first statement, that the absence of a named woman overseer does not necessarily lead us to exclude them from that position. I am actually wanting to post more detail on that issue some other time.<br /><br />Also, I find it Matt Sheddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808021420665821024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281646828065481306.post-55239762060424173692011-07-13T15:36:11.575-05:002011-07-13T15:36:11.575-05:00Well presented thoughts dude.
I don't think t...Well presented thoughts dude.<br /><br />I don't think the debatable absence of a woman named overseer or elder in the Bible should lead us to conclude that women could not fill that role.<br /><br />It's also important to realize that creation of roles and positions of hierarchy in communities (churches) in the first place is likely to compensate for the fact that, because we are Duanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05677833011075178034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281646828065481306.post-77712345826536594902011-07-13T09:03:53.125-05:002011-07-13T09:03:53.125-05:00The role of women in the Church is a very difficul...The role of women in the Church is a very difficult, sensitive subject for me. Thanks for articulating your thoughts so well here-- it will be good stuff for me to think about as I wrestle with my own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com