Cheryl Schatz

I am wondering how blind the church can be when they equate a “grave moral concern” with the preaching of the gospel and women’s desire to use their gifts for the benefit of all as “Satan coming into the church.”

It seems to me that it is a concern for those who want to hold on tightly to a privileged position.  Why else would men fight so hard to keep women from using their gifts when scripture does not equate exercising our gifts with sin?  When men try to decide who gets to use their gifts for the common good and who doesn’t, isn’t this usurping God’s authority?