{"id":101,"date":"2007-06-29T09:48:42","date_gmt":"2007-06-29T13:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godandculture.wordpress.com\/2007\/06\/29\/female-theologian-exorcize-macho-from-the-church\/"},"modified":"2007-06-29T09:48:42","modified_gmt":"2007-06-29T13:48:42","slug":"female-theologian-exorcize-macho-from-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/female-theologian-exorcize-macho-from-the-church","title":{"rendered":"Female theologian: ‘exorcize macho from the church’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"esther_mombo.jpg\"<\/a>It would appear that at least one feminist theologian believes male headship to be a demon.\u00a0 Challenging the ‘gender imbalance’ in church leadership, Esther Mombo, academic dean at St. Paul’s Theological College in Limru, Kenya released a statement in which she said in part,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe consultation on gender, power and leadership is timely because it reminds us that while more than half our nations and churches are women and while women contribute immensely to the socioeconomic development of any country, they are still largely decorations and tokens when it comes to leadership. This consultation is a challenge to the Church and to theological institutions that the macho approach should be exorcized from the Church<\/strong>, theology and theological institutions.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Does Ms. Mombo also want the ‘macho approach’ exorcised from Scripture? (The question is rhetorical – of course she does).\u00a0 The character and calling of the church is not shaped by the fact that ‘more than half our nations and churches are women;’ nor is it shaped by the fact that women contribute in significant ways to the ministry of the church.<\/p>\n

The character and calling of the church is shaped by what God’s word requires. Scripture is clear that God’s design for the leadership of His church\u00a0is a plurality of Godly men who exhibit the\u00a0call of God on their lives for the task of leadership.\u00a0The fact that this truth is contrary to cultural norms is unfortunate but also irrelevant.<\/p>\n

The issue is not the ability or the intelligence of women or the availability of women. The issue is the clear teaching of Scripture on role distinctions between the genders. Such distinctions do not make men better than women or women less than men. They merely honor God’s original design for the role of man as head and\u00a0the role of woman as\u00a0worthy of man’s protection through her wilful submission to man’s headship.\u00a0 These distinctions are not consequential to the Fall but were\u00a0instituted prior to the Fall in the Garden. The fact that women desire to lead and men refuse to lead is the consequence of the Fall, producing divisive debates like this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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