Sorry to be jumping into this one so late (house is full of 14 family members).

My wife has four theological degrees and serves in a church where she is NOT ordained (her quip to feminists regarding women in church leadership: "Paul was right"). She works under the authority of the sr. pastor, and serves full-time in the Christian education area (primarily children's ministry). This has never limited her ability to be VERY busy and engaged in using her gifts.

One of my daughters has a seminary degree and has a passion for discpling young women. She teches in a large Christian high school in Fort Wayne after working with young women MKs in a Christian bording school in Kandern (Germany). Again, she has felt no barriers to her utilization of her gifting.

In neither case do either of my ladies seem to transgress the lines most complementarians would see for biblical roles.

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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