Archives: 'Leaving a Church'

CT — February 19, 2006, 2:30 am

The RCA’s Inconsistency Concerning Supporting Women in Ministry

My denomination, the Reformed Church in America, permitted the ordination of women in 1979, and although over 200 women have been graduated from their seminaries since then, not many get pastorates or other Christian leadership positions. Kristine Veldheer, in “Finding Affirmation,” Church Herald, June 1989, p. 29, said the following: “The greatest frustration […]

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CT — February 11, 2006, 10:00 pm

PCA and Its Complementarian Practices

Here’s some interesting information about the PCA and women in leadership from my friend Andy.
The bottom line is that PCA denomination is solidly complementarian — restricting women from being elders and preaching — but they have theologically trained women from their own seminaries who do not know how and where to use their gifts, and […]

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