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Are these themes the ones you have experienced or hear about? What else would you add? If you could do one thing to help hierarchicalists or complementarians find a larger role for women in ministries, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>First, themes about what precipitated change, and I don\u2019t see an order here \u2014 rather, what I see in these stories a confluence of dialectical factors:<\/p>\n

1. The influence of a strong, gifted woman in one\u2019s life.
\n2. The impression of the stories of those who changed their minds on this very issue.
\n3. A more careful reexamining of the whole of Scripture in light of its historical, cultural and broader theological context.
\n4. The experience of working side-by-side with gifted, dedicated, and called women leaders, teachers, and preachers.
\n5. The realization that there is a view where head, heart, and Scripture can come together and honestly confront the difficulties of applying a restrictive position consistently.<\/p>\n

Women tell their stories and their stories show some common themes too:<\/p>\n

1. They were shadows of males.
\n2. They were \u201csubmissive\u201d in order to attract a husband.
\n3. They functioned as a supplement to make males complete.
\n4. They became depressed and struggled over rejection of their callings and gifts of the Spirit.
\n5. They received encouragement from respected evangelical males who wanted their gifts and callings to find full expression and for them to be completely themselves.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"