http://www.christianegalitarians.org/archives/42 Evangelicals for Gender Equality Mon, 8 Sep 2008 08:23:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 http://www.christianegalitarians.org/archives/42#comment-25 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 04:25:00 +0000 http://www.christianegalitarians.org/archives/42#comment-25 I'd like to add the Nazarene Church to your list of denominations with egalitarian theological positions. The Nazarenes have held the egalitarian position right from its beginning about a hundred years ago, so they have the benefit of falling outside of the traditionalists' complaint that all adoptions of egalitarian views are only a reaction to the 1960's feminist movement.<BR/><BR/>Their practical implementation of their own theology has come up very short for the last several decades as their percent of female pastors has dropped precipitously. Likewise, my own denomination, the RCA that Andy mentions, is weak on practics, too. Having adopted egalitarian positions and ordained female pastors for only 26 years, the issue is still raw and unaccepted in places, especially in the Midwest. I’d like to add the Nazarene Church to your list of denominations with egalitarian theological positions. The Nazarenes have held the egalitarian position right from its beginning about a hundred years ago, so they have the benefit of falling outside of the traditionalists’ complaint that all adoptions of egalitarian views are only a reaction to the 1960’s feminist movement.

Their practical implementation of their own theology has come up very short for the last several decades as their percent of female pastors has dropped precipitously. Likewise, my own denomination, the RCA that Andy mentions, is weak on practics, too. Having adopted egalitarian positions and ordained female pastors for only 26 years, the issue is still raw and unaccepted in places, especially in the Midwest.

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