Comments on: Why should women have all the fun smashing the patriarchy!

By: Michael Frost

Michael Frost — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:21:06 +0000

Oh you dear woman. You should not have to put up with violence or mistreatment at all! Ever! Sending a woman back to her abusing husband is NOT what the church should be doing. I’m not sure what city or country you’re in or what resources there are available to you. In my home city of Sydney, I have found this website helpful. It is full of information and numbers for practical support. https://www.saferresource.org.au/

By: Struggling sister

Struggling sister — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 01:36:43 +0000

Recently due to my husband’s 3 decade long mistreatment, as well as some issues we both had to work on in our marriage, we had a 3 month separation to have counselling separately with the purpose of getting back together. My husbands eventually said he is not willing to work on his sin or our marriage and that we should make our separation public. I was heart broken. When he told our elders what was going on, one of them invited me to dinner with his wife. I tried to talk to him about how I was broken from decades of lies and mistreatment. He just said, ” You are your husband’s help meet. You have to go back to your husband to help him straight away. It felt like he and the other elder treated me like a wanton women. I tried to go to church but I would cry so much I would go home. I just struggle to go to church anymore. My husband and I are back together but he is lieing again and doing the same thing. Where is there a church that treats women like people?

By: best licensed PI

best licensed PI — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 01:12:21 +0000

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By: Annabel May

Annabel May — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:12:42 +0000

Thanks brother.
It’s true that men create and support patriarchal privilege and power so they are well placed to dismantle these customs. If ideals of equality are not apparent in a church then something must be wrong with its understanding of the gospel and women will continue to vote with their feet. As a Christian I believe we can do better than that.

Jesus, it has been said, raised the estate of women during his ministry. He had female patrons and disciples. He chose to reveal himself to a woman at the resurrection. Paul chose Phoebe to deliver his Epistle to the Romans; gathering the Christians in Rome, reading and expounding on Paul’s message (sounds like leading and preaching to me). Paul called Junia an Apostle and named several other notable female coworkers and leaders. I believe the evidence for equality for Christians is stronger than for patriarchy.

By: Michael Frost

Michael Frost — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 05:32:37 +0000

In reply to Steve D. If you seriously wanted to know, any cursory search would yield a wealth of websites and books dedicated to that topic.

By: simon

simon — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:19:25 +0000

In reply to Steve D. There's an excellent book by the evangelical scholar RT France 'Women in the ministry a test case for Biblical Hermeneutics'. It is relatively short, making it even better.

By: Steve D

Steve D — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 06:50:53 +0000

What’s the biblical basis for challenging leaders on women preaching?

By: Scott b

Scott b — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 03:17:55 +0000

Awesome tips. I want to underscore that consent applies within marriage as well. Many Christian men have a long way to go to honoring their wives in that way and it perpetuates disrespect in deep ways.

By: Jessica Cruickshank

Jessica Cruickshank — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 22:50:54 +0000

Michael,

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this post. The crap I’ve had to deal with in the ministry environment would make your blood boil. But we women are not free enough yet to as mad and vocal about it as we should be (at least without tanking our careers or churches). So we need all the men who believe in the equal imago dei in women to fight this fight.

Don’t just listen, act. And be brothers and sisters with us. That creates the community of heaven.

Thank you, my brother, for speaking out.

By: J Glow

J Glow — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:30:47 +0000

Thankful for my husband who actually lives all of those points and actively speaks out against oppression.