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Why Headship Theology May Be Dangerous for the Nations...and For Women
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A few years ago, a colleague told me about three widows he had trained in India. They were leading a movement of new believers in the Muslim world.
Women? I said. They're the leaders of your house church movement?
Oh yes. Forty-ish year old widows. Single moms.
I didn't know what to do with that. My first reaction wasn't celebration. It was confusion. And honestly, a little disbelief. Because somewhere deep inside me, I had a theology that made widows in their 40s seem like an unlikely choice for God to use to start a movement. Because that requires teaching and leading — pastoral gifts.
That conversation planted a seed. And today I want to talk about what grew from it.
Today I'm wading into waters I've been circling for a while. I know this topic is controversial. I want to say that upfront. But I've passed half a century of life now and ...
Jeannie Marie
Author + Instructor
Hi there! I help people go across the street, move around the world, and mobilize others—all focused on the two billion people in the world with least access to Jesus.
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