Everyone around me seems to be so concerned about whether women should be leaders in the ministry. I can’t get worked up about it. (A) I’m not a woman, so it doesn’t directly affect me. (B) I don’t co-lead a ministry with a woman. (C) I’m not part of a ministry led by a woman.
I don’t know the whole story, there’s probably much more than this, but this is what I know in a nutshell. This all started when some Wesley guys got mad at women who were being leaders (and I assume those guys felt as though the women crossed the line in some way). So Vance on Wednesday Night Fire publically defended women, saying not only that they can lead but that they can be heads of households as well.
[My roommate] Andy has really gotten into this. He’s starting to research the point with some other guys, but I don’t feel at all engaged by the topic. He’s really gotten into it and it kind of makes me mad when he tries to get me into it.
Listen, it doesn’t make me less a man of God if I don’t want to get into someone else’s dispute. I don’t want to be a witness like that, learning about something just so that I can make a point. I don’t want to go to Wesley and put the guys or Vance in their/his place. That’s not something I want to devote my time or energy to. Maybe if I was getting married or in any relationship it would be a big deal to me, to make sure my g/f felt the same way I did, or at least knew what scripture and other pastors/writers/experts had said about it. But for now I’m solid. This might be something I need to know, but not under these circumstances. Not when right now it’s the heated debate of the week. If I’m going to learn it I’m going to learn it on better terms, end of story.
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