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To: Salvation; Cronos

You’ve pretty well nailed the order of the next dominos (maybe denominoes?) to fall:

Methodist (already a lot of agitation for the gay agenda)
Pentecostal (overemphasis on Holy Spirit’s gifts makes easy prey for “new revelations”)
Evangelical (becoming increasingly “worldly”—especially progressives)
Baptist.

Possible to have female clergy without the gay agenda? So far so good for the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (10 years and holding); North American Lutheran Church, and Anglican Church in North America.


23 posted on 06/25/2011 7:26:18 PM PDT by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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To: lightman
So far so good for the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (10 years and holding); North American Lutheran Church, and Anglican Church in North America.

But how do you manage? Seriously? On the one hand my secular mind thinks that women should have more leadership rules, on the other my religious mind says that Paul says clearly no and my (admittedly prejudiced) logic sees first women, then gays. How does one stop it? I pray the LCMC and NALC do not go down this way, but the logic used by the gays was "scripture says no to women pastors, but you did, so why not us?" -- and I admit I'd be unable to give an answer.

24 posted on 06/25/2011 9:28:46 PM PDT by Cronos ( W Szczebrzeszynie chrzaszcz brzmi w trzcinie I Szczebrzeszyn z tego slynie.)
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To: lightman; Salvation
Seriously lightman -- I know you said Possible to have female clergy without the gay agenda? So far so good for the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (10 years and holding); North American Lutheran Church, and Anglican Church in North America.

And I pray that this experiment is successful, but I have strong fears that the next stage is gay married pastorettes.

My, admittedly prejudiced eyes, see first letting in female clergy as the first step. Is this a wrong belief?

I believe women should play more and more of a role, but baulk at them being pastoresses. Don't get me wrong -- in my humble opinion and in my 30+ years of life experience, women are on average far more devout and holier than men -- the sex ratio in heaven could be extremely skewed!

25 posted on 06/26/2011 9:42:48 PM PDT by Cronos ( W Szczebrzeszynie chrzaszcz brzmi w trzcinie I Szczebrzeszyn z tego slynie.)
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