Is your pastor a male or a female? The most common answer would have been male. As a society were not used to seeing women in clergy. If you haven't noticed women are starting to change the roles of clergy by joining. Its great that women are joining and changing the view of the church. Its something you should support and appreciate. It shows how the church has evolved and accepts all who are willing to take the responsibility of pastoral ministry.
Being a female should not be the reason that you can't be a priest, minister, pastor, or rabbis in fact there shouldn't even be a reason that women shouldn't join clergy. “God has given all believers the ministry of Reconciliation let us use it. Many reasons why women do not join is because of how they view themselves in society. What they should remember is that to God it does not matter if you're male or female it is even mentioned in the bible, “And it shall come to pass in the last days saith God, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your daughters shall prophesy,...”- Book of Acts chapter 2 verse 17. People are used to seeing men taking the responsibilities in the church but if more women would join then it would not seem rare seeing women having important roles in the church. What most women are doing is that they show their dedication to the church to prove that they can join clergy. As Betty Barnes says, “The focus on women in clergy should not be a debate as to whether or not we believe that women should be in clergy. What we should be paying more attention to is what they are doing is making a difference in someones life.” It is a great thing that women want to join and have a higher placement in the church and are doing it for them and to help spread the gospel....
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...son). Luckily there are many groups now that help encourage women to join clergy. There have also been movements started that show people about the unfairness of the discrimination because of their gender. This will hopefully show the people to approve of women joining clergy and supporting.
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