This says it all, J. Lee Grady, editor of Charisma magazine,

Mike Cantrell


May, The LORD bless you, and keep you: The LORD make his face shine upon 
you, and be gracious unto you:
The LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.  Numbers 
6:24-26


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 << File: ATT00009.htm >> Gentlemen,

We have been deep into a passionate discussion regarding women in 
leadership and ministry with many views expressed on both sides of the 
issue.

Today, a church member sent me this article by J. Lee Grady  regarding the 
same subject.  Take a look and see what you think.

http://www.godswordtowomen.org/Lee_Grady.htm

Jerry L.

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Please note a couple of quotes below and if you are courageous follow the 
link and read the entire article:



Ten Lies The Church Tells Women
      FOR CENTURIES, A PATRIARCHAL SYSTEM OF CONTROL HAS KEPT WOMEN IN 
SPIRITUAL CAPTIVITY THROUGH DISTORTION OF THE SCRIPTURES. IT'S TIME TO 
DEBUNK THE MYTHS.
      By J. Lee Grady

      We live in the 21st century, but if we're honest we have to admit 
that in some ways the church is still in the Dark Ages--especially when we 
look at the way we treat women.



A distraught Christian woman who was regularly beaten by her husband 
finally gained the courage to seek counsel from her pastor. After she told 
him about her husband's fits of rage, the pastor responded, "If your 
husband kills you, it will be to the glory of God."
The pastor reached this irresponsible conclusion because of a distorted 
view of "male headship." We often portray marriage as a hierarchy, with 
husbands on the throne and wives at the footstool, and we use Scripture to 
justify this view: "Wives...submit to your husbands as you do to the Lord" 
(Eph. 5:22).

Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 11 about head coverings is a difficult 
passage, and Bible scholars don't agree on its meaning. However, most teach 
that Paul is addressing specific cultural concerns in first-century Corinth 
and that he is calling for propriety and order in a society where 
immorality and paganism had blurred gender distinctions.

LIE #6. A WOMAN SHOULD VIEW HER HUSBAND AS THE "PRIEST OF THE HOME."
Search your concordance. Scripture never describes men as "priests of the 
home." This man-made concept was popularized in evangelical churches in the 
last century. We have one priest, Jesus Christ, whose blood atoned for our 
sins. It is a mockery of the gospel to suggest that any human being needs 
an additional priest apart from the Son of God.

The Bible says all believers are priests (see 1 Pet. 2:9, Rev. 1:6); there 
is no gender restriction. Husbands function as priests when they pray for 
their families or when they minister the Word of God to them, and wives 
also function in this role.

LIE #7. WOMEN ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO ASSUME LEADERSHIP ROLES.
The most common mistake we make in biblical interpretation occurs when we 
take one isolated verse and build a doctrine around it--even if the verse 
seems to contradict other passages. This is often what we do with 1 Tim. 
2:12, "I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man" 
(NASB).

Most theologians believe that this passage was addressing an isolated 
situation in Ephesus. They came to this conclusion after studying the 
myriad of references in the Bible to women in spiritual authority. The Old 
Testament records that Deborah was a judge over Israel--and God blessed her 
leadership in battle (see Judg. 4-5). Other women who held authority over 
men include Miriam, Huldah and Noadiah.

Jesus issued His first gospel commission to women (see Matt. 28:1-10), and 
both men and women were empowered to preach on the day of Pentecost (Acts 
2:1-4). Priscilla, Chloe and Phoebe were leaders in the early church, and 
one woman, Junia, is called an apostle by Paul (Rom. 16:7).

The promise of the prophet Joel was that "sons and daughters" would 
prophesy after the Holy Spirit was given to the church (Joel 2:28, emphasis 
added). Yet we have taken one misunderstood verse from Paul's writings and 
used it to negate hundreds of other passages that support the full release 
of women into ministry.

LIE #9. WOMEN ARE MORE EASILY DECEIVED THAN MEN.
This idea has been taught by twisting the meaning of 1 Timothy 2:14, which 
says, "It was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being quite 
deceived, fell into transgression" (NLT). Some have suggested that because 
Eve was tricked by the devil, women have a stronger propensity toward 
deception. Others have gone so far as to insist that women are to blame for 
all the evil in the world and are therefore under a greater curse than men. 







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