Susanna Krizo

Kay, you wrote: “It seems to me that you (NN) are trying to hold two opposing views at the same time – one hand says Christ redefined “greatness” as serving others and the other hand says that serving is transformed back into “authority” over when done by male believers.”

The reason NN holds this view is that in 1977 Robert Greenleaf wrote a book called Servant Leadership. His concept called for all leaders, especially in the corporate world, to be servants who sought the good of others instead of seeking to please themselves. The church adopted the principle with enthusiasm, but because of the belief that all men should lead they changed the belief from leading through service to service through leading. I.e. instead of using serving as a means of leading, all men are seen as SERVING WHEN THEY LEAD. This change gave comps the neccessary ideology to continue to demand that all women serve while all men lead. Of course it is entirely unbiblical and contradictory to the core, but that’s besides the point.