By Kelly Ladd Bishop
Reconciliation Series: Invisibility in a Culture of Patriarchy (September 2015) In part one of this dialogue, Laurel talked about “invisibility,” and what it means for people to feel invisible. In part 2 we will consider ways that Patriarchy causes women to become “invisible” in the church. The Acts 29 movement, is a church planting movement. If you go to their webpage, Acts29.com, and click on “About,” you can read what the movement is about. I clicked through the tabs, eventually coming to, “What We Believe.” Acts 29 stands in the tradition of historic evangelical confessionalism. While we believe it is vital that the elders of each of our churches determine where they stand on doctrines of second importance, we do wish to make known our convictions on the following five theologically-driven core values: Gospel centrality in all of life The sovereignty of God in saving sinners The work of the Holy Spirit for life and ministry The equality of male and female and the principle of male servant leadership The local church as God’s primary mission strategy Notice that individual churches can disagree on any issues of secondary importance… but they can not disagree on… The centrality of the gospel, God’s sovereignty, the work of the Holy Spirit, the mission of God’s church…. AND… THE PRINCIPLE OF MALE SERVANT LEADERSHIP. That is code for patriarchy. In other words, one of their core tenants is that men are leaders over women. This means they don’t have women pastors in their churches, or women elders. In many cases women aren’t allowed to teach men at all.
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By Laurel Coolbaugh
Reconciliation Series: Invisibility in a Culture of Patriarchy (September 2015) In Jodi Piccoult’s novel, “House Rules”, the young adult, Jacob Hunt, has Asperger’s syndrome and though quite brilliant, he will not look people in the eyes, which is a one of many resulting social issues caused by Asperger’s. The author rotates writing each chapter from one of the main character’s perspectives, so when Jacob talks about being coached in social cues by a female university student with whom he thinks he might be in love, he talks about the reason he does not look into people’s eyes when talking with them. Jacob relays that looking into someone’s eyes is like precipitating an internal explosion (not a quote). When we look into another’s eyes, according to Jacob, their thoughts and heart become transparent. Jacob likens it to reaching in and pulling out a person’s innards and exposing them. And he thinks this is uncomfortable, in the least, and shaming, in the worst. |
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