Lydia

Frank, I had a similar situation in my family with cousins who were long time missionaries in a very uncivilized part of Africa. When missionaries were forced to sign a statement, they could not in good conscience sign it. Why? The husband was many times out in the bush and the wife would lead the Bible studies/worship. (She has 2 masters degrees from seminary and speaks 4 languages) And this would mean they were violating the document they were forced to sign. They offered to sign their bibles but were refused. So, they left the SBC as missionaries after almost 20 years.

There are many stories like this. But if you think about it logically, you can see that our dollars for missions are not being used efficiently in this scenerio.

And what would be the use for single women missionaries (like Lottie Moon) as they might find themselves in a position to teach a man but would be violating man made rules to do so.