Reading: Joel 2:11-32; John 20:1-18
This week's sermon was a shot across the bow — or maybe a shot right at — those who teach complementarian theology in the church. Complementarianism, if you're not familiar with it, is essentially the teaching that women were designed by God to submit to men, and therefore they are naturally excluded from leadership in ministry. This is a step backwards, folks. It has nothing to do with the good news of Jesus Christ.
I've never focused exclusively on the topic of women in ministry from the pulpit, though
I have addressed it, so this was a fun sermon for me to preach. I find it incredibly frustrating that some of the points in this sermon even have to be made; the more I think about the infection of complementarianism in the church the more annoyed I get, especially when Wesleyan pastors subscribe to it. This issue should have been settled centuries ago.
Repent and believe in the gospel, for crying out loud.
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Preached on May 8, 2011 at PLWC.
