So there's this church I've been visiting quite a bit lately. I like many things about it. I feel like people are warm and accepting. I feel like they want to love and serve their neighbors in tangible, holistic ways. I get a sense of freedom: freedom for the individual in Christ, and freedom in the church. I've definitely experienced God's healing and comfort there. And its so close to my house!! I always wanted to go to a church close to my house, in my own community.
But the one thing I can't sit with right now is the woman pastor. I mean, I've met her and I love her heart for Jesus, and I don't doubt that she is doing amazing things for God's Kingdom. But I was always taught that women should not teach men or have authority over men, like it says in 1 Timothy 2 and other places in the Bible. So the idea of a woman pastor is completely bizarre to me. Am I being too conservative? Or does it really matter what gender my pastor is? Shoot, I really have to go to the Bible on this one...
