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Hi Cheryl,
regarding comment #8, it is unfortunate that the strong belief of women being silent while men are present is strangling some of the home fellowships. In 2006, I was searching for a home fellowship and the first response I received was a gentle reproof for looking for a place to fellowship. In this man’s opinion, it was my hubby’s job alone to look for a place to fellowship, no matter what his spiritual condition was. He then went on to say that the women in their gathering are silent….
I felt suffocated just talking to him. I disagreed with him and said why, and to my surprise he actually listened and questioned whether their practice was right.