Six Quotes from Men on Why the Church Needs Women
Mandy Smith - Missio Alliance
- "(In) a society in which the masculine extreme is crystallized in technology, the feminine part, which, I would say, is focused on sensitivity, spontaneity and intuition is starting to rally again. In other words, I feel that women are now far more capable than men of restoring meaning to the world we live in, of restoring goals for living and possibilities for surviving in this technological world." Jacques Ellul
- "It's not surprising to us that so many of our most inspiring models of leading as designers are women. Historically men have often glamorized the structure that emphasize separation, individuality, power, indestructibility and wealth. Women, however, have excelled for centuries at creating and designing environments for deeper shared life." Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, and Dwight Friesen
- "Movements need 'masculine' technique and structure, certainly, but they also require us to be more fluid, responsive, and intuitive in order to develop - especially when we need creative solutions in order to thrive/survive." Alan Hirsch and Dave Ferguson
- "I do not think that women ministers and theologians are the first to have discerned the realities of grief and amazement in our lives, but they have helped us see them as important dimensions of prophetic reality. In many ways these sisters have permitted me to see what I otherwise might have missed." Walter Bruggemann
- "We've noticed that when we make purposeful space for women leaders to lead in our church there is a certain tenderness that is brought to decisions. This is not weakness, but a tenderness of love, care and attention that is intuitive to women. This has been a beautiful dynamic. In fact, there have been decisions our leaders have made where we've looked back and said, 'If we had women involved in the decision we think this could have been a lot less messy and people would have felt more nurtured and cared for in the process.' When embodied well, the balance of strength and tenderness in leadership is a beautiful thing." J.R. Briggs
- "Women bring a challenge to historically male patterns of power. As long as they resist the temptation to enter the systems 'as is' under hierarchical terms, they bring a challenge that is counter, in that women push for relational engagement and a consideration of others that comes from not being considered themselves." David Fitch
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