I understand your husband is a pastor, but would I be correct in assuming you wouldn't attend a church where a woman preaches? Maybe not. I am really just asking.
I think I have read before that you are a southern baptist. Is that correct? I've been to many many Baptist churches. And yes, I have never seen a woman preaching. I live in the deep south where the Baptist religion is pretty prominent.
For me, I certainly don't understand that. I am willing to listen to anyone who has knowledge about the Word of God. Man or woman. I may agree or not on what they have to say. But it is all about getting the message out. Why is it OK for women to my missionaries? In essance, it is the same thing.
SOLIEL, I have a question and comment here.
I can understand where Mrs. Smith is coming from, the survival of the human species who depended on others to help them survive.
Akin to the warriors in the past and today everyone is given a job, not allot of cross training, no time for that, everyone knew there place and acted accordingly. Each person was trained in a necessary job be it making flint spears to having exceptional eye sight to act as look out for danger.
Some one had to have the top place in all endeavors be it finding food, water, shelter, gathering and foraging etc. Some one needs to be an expert to train and teach survival skills, be a judge over disputes and form ideas of a higher power to the people to keep them from going stark raving mad not knowing what to expect next or why what ever was happening. [Sort of like what is going on today with living under Obama ]
Men had the responsibility to hunt for meat, build a shelter for themselves and family, they got the back breaking and dangerous jobs. Woman were the breeders and to insure life, were given the job of doing the non hazardous jobs staying close to home and took over the job of raising the kids, preparing hides, weaving flax for clothing and blankets and preparing a comfortable place for the men that fed them and their children.
The job of being the spiritual guide to the people was given to the men that could no longer due to old age go on the hunt. Society could not afford to feed and cloth a male that could no longer do their job for any reason. These were the Retired warriors that to insure their value to society that spent their years under the stars mapping the Sky's. These old timers were the people with time on their hands developed new ways of doing things and give a benefit to those that feed them.
What about the woman that were too old to be breeders or contribute to society, --------not a nice picture here.
So the traditions that led to survival are still with us in our society that no longer has the need to follow traditions 100,000 years in the making.
Today anyone male or female can go into the life of a Prophet, or Preacher with out having any idea of what is really going on in the world today for the common folk because they themselves have never been in the place of the common folk,.
They have never had to do back breaking work, hunted and killed both for food or other humans for defence.
These preachers have million dollar homes, and feel no shame when caught violating the 10 commandments. They are still young enough to be of benefit to society in another indever but why should they, they have never done a lick of work in their lives and don't intend to.
We have a preacher in my family, he was in the Korean war and retired as a high school teacher. He began his unpaid job after he retired, he has something from the past to guide him on human nature, a good man.
His wife who except for his military time has been with him every step of the way, working at his school with him for 20 or so years.
If the time came when he could not for some reason preach on a Sunday and his wife had to stand in----no problem for me. She perhaps has seen more of life then he has from a different prospective.
QUESTION------
If you were really confused over a decision you had to make that would be life changing for you and family, who would you go to.??
A 40 some old Paster of a Mega-Church that is constantly on a contribution drive, or a 75 year old female who operates a small Church, raised her own 8 kids and taken in 30 foster kids in her time ?