Judson Cornwall's former pastor, a woman, was commissioned by God to preach when she was 17 years old. Her name was Fuschia Pickett. If you are called, you HAVE to go, whether you are a man or a woman. If you don't, you will be miserable until you decide to obey God. It all comes down to obedience, doesn't it?
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You must have it all wrong, Mary . . . we are to obey
!!!!AUTHORITY!!!! only when it comes from pontifically cloistered; edifice buttressed; traditions of men fossilized; doctrines of men rigidified; customs of men inculcated; worshipped of men flattered;
if the authority is 'only' God and His word, it can be ignored--I mean--St Paul only knows what he's talking about when the traditions of men decided so 400 years later; 600 years later; whenever the current winds of edicts came out.
/sar
Perhaps it has something to do with . . . oh, dear, Scripture . . . Scriptural truth . . .
neither Jew nor Greek; male nor female . . . in Christ.
Oh, My. Could God through Paul mean what He says about THAT!???
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[run run run . . . OH BISHOP--those nasty Protesty's are doing it again! BISHOP, BISHOP, They are insisting that Scripture trumps pontifical edicts, customs, traditions and doctrines of men! Oh, horrors, Bishop, whatever shall we do???]
Wasn't it in Joel that says in the end times men AND women will prophesy (preach)? We are in a different time than we've ever been before--near the end. God IS releasing men and women to work together. I've heard some truly dynamic and spirit-filled women preach. Most don't run a church but they evangelize. If God can use Baalam's ass, well... (smile).