Cheryl Schatz

I have made myself unavailable to be harassed.  I cannot be reached for harassment through emails sent to my Pastor or emails sent to my ministry partners.  These emails will not be responded to and will no longer even be read.  I will not take down my biblical refutation of the hierarchical view of women in ministry.   I cannot be controlled or threatened or blackmailed to stop my work supporting women in ministry.  If people view me as a special threat because of my well thought out arguments presented in my DVD “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free?” and they think that I will be too persuasive and influence a good portion of the church, then they need to stick to trying to refute me instead of attacking the messenger and trying to destroy my ministry.  It has been well-noted that the ones attacking me have not responded to my refutation of their position.  Turning a debate about secondary issues of faith into a personal attack instead of focused on the issue usually shows a weak argument.  I would encourage all who seek to contradict the view that women can teach the bible for the common good, to focus on the issue, love the body of Christ who do not believe as you do, and do not consider ripping at the sheep to be a solution to this problem.  If we really belong to Christ, we need to concentrate on loving the brethren and doing the work that God has called us to.  Anything else is a distraction and unproductive.  And we will give an account of our actions in the end because God is the one who is the judge of the motives of the heart, not us.