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The arguments against women ministering in the same manner as men are based on a few chosen scriptures which, when applied, seemingly cancel out other scriptures. Those who say there should be no restrictions also base their argument on the scriptures, which they feel counteract the other argument. I suspect that both sides argue from a standpoint of experience and emotion rather than interpretation of those difficult scriptures. Without a shadow of doubt we know that God has called women and anointed them to ministry.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. . the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and those members of the body that we think less honourable we clothe with greater honour, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect; whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honour to the inferior member, that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another.

The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. 'And she prevailed upon us. (Acts 16:14-15) Patriarchal standards are turned upside down. Following the lead of a woman, her whole household was baptized. The first churches started in homes like Lydia's. 'There he (Paul) found a Jew named Aquila . . with his wife Priscilla' (Acts 18:2). In Romans 16:3-4 more is written about this couple. ' Prisca and Aquila, co-workers of Paul, are mentioned six times in the New Testament (Acts 18:1-3, 18, 24-26; Romans 16:3; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Timothy 4:19).

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