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Then there’s the classic, “Rodents of unusual size? I don’t believe they exist.” This parallels the comp statement, “Women called to the pastoral ministry? I don’t believe they exist.”

But here is the potential dark truth in that comparison. Westly actually saw an ROUS just before he made that statement. He said that not because it was the truth, but to pacify Buttercup and continue her confidence in his “leadership” through the fireswamp. I wonder how many comp leaders actually believe their denial of women called to pastoral ministry, given the abundant examples of such not only in the bible but throughout history all the way up to contemporary times. Yet an ignorant flock is a compliant and complacent flock. Even if comp leaders knew that their blanket denial of leadership to women was on shakey, if not blatantly false grounds, they hardly could admit it without causing either a crisis of confidence or open rebellion amoungst their “Buttercups”.