Cheryl

Hi Greg,

I did notice that CBMW doesn’t have an open forum where people can dialog. A person can email their comments, but they don’t make the comments for all to see. I am not sure what they are afraid of. Perhaps some egalitarians might as them some hard questions? 🙂

I found this quote quite interesting:

“Recovering from feminism must first start with an embracing of the Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Only then will we see the roots severed because we will be clothed in the humility of Christ, who willingly submitted himself to the Father on our behalf…

Rather, feminism rises up in ordinary women in our congregations, homes, and in the least obvious place, the mirror. Feminism is in the core of our hearts apart from the saving work of the shed blood of Christ, and not simply because we are militant against male authority, but primarily because we are opposed to the greatest authority of all—our Creator. The feminist is not some abstract “out there” woman. She is staring right at us every morning when we put on our make-up.”

While I do not consider myself a feminist because of the very negative connotations with the word, it is continually amazing to me that CBMW considers complementarianism as part of the gospel and must be accepted or one is guilty of opposing God.

Here we have the addition and subtraction rule:

The gospel + (plus) complementarianism = salvation

The gospel – (minus) complementarianism = opposition to God

How sad that there are those who should be keeping the gospel pure but instead are willing to add in their own view of the secondary issue of women as a mandatory part of the gospel message. It is especially sad because many highly educated women of the world will not darken the door of the church because they cannot embrace a God who would see them as inferior. These women are very well aware that whenever one is stopped from using one’s gift for the benefit of a particular gender, that means that one is considered inferior.

Greg, I am so glad that you are here and that our little community (a.k.a. little Rhode Island) is active and affirming of women’s gifts.