“Why can’t I lead in worship?<\/p>\n\n\n
It hurts seeing others get up and lead and serve in ways that I’m not allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n
Why is a Scripture that was written in a totally different time and culture being used to prohibit me from serving? Times have changed! <\/p>\n\n\n
I might even be more talented at this stuff than the men who are allowed to stand up and do it every week. Shouldn’t I be allowed to use my talents?<\/p>\n\n\n
It brings me to tears when older people tell me God said I can’t stand up before the congregation. <\/p>\n\n\n
I don’t know if I want to stay in a religion that discriminates against people like me and doesn’t allow us full participation. <\/p>\n\n\n
Do you really think God would hold to a doctrine that keeps well over half of His worshippers from getting up and leading?”<\/p>\n\n\n
Who am I?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n A 21st century woman who is frustrated because only men are allowed to preach?<\/p>\n\n\n Or a 10th century B.C. Benjamite man who is frustrated because only Levites are allowed to serve as priests?<\/p>\n\n\n The issue of women’s roles is one that runs much deeper than the scope of this article. My point is simply this: the appeal to emotion that says God would never<\/em> prohibit talented, capable, willing people from serving Him in any way is completely untenable from a biblical standpoint. <\/p>\n\n\n If God indeed says that women are not to preach, it matters not how we feel about it – just as it mattered not how anyone outside of Levi’s tribe felt about the restrictions on the priesthood. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Why can’t I lead in worship? It hurts seeing others get up and lead and serve in ways that I’m not allowed. Why is a Scripture that was written in a totally different time and culture being used to prohibit me from serving? Times have changed! I might even be more talented at this stuff […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,45,32,477],"tags":[49,1496,1497,23,244,333,639],"class_list":["post-10726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-bible-study","category-church","category-women","tag-church","tag-complementarianism","tag-egalitarianism","tag-jack","tag-leadership","tag-preaching","tag-womens-roles","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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