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We love Monnie too! She is a great preacher, educator, and professional.

We are grateful for an opportunity to respond to this comment. We do not check comments very often, and we apologize for letting this one go for so long. 1) Scholars agree that 1 Timothy was not written by Paul. It is considered one of the "Pseudo-Pauline" letters, written in Paul's name, but not written by Paul himself. If you are trying to invoke the authority of St. Paul on the role of men and women in church leadership, this is not the right passage to do it. 2) Paul worked closely with several women in the early church, including his traveling companion Priscilla (Acts 18:26), the apostle Junia (Romans 16:7), his coworkers Euodias and Syntyche (Phil. 4:2-3), and the deacon and church leader Phoebe (Roman 16:1-2) who Paul specifically commended and applauded for her leadership. The idea that Paul was against female leadership in the church is nonsensical. 3) 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 is often taken out of context, as it is here. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 11 that women are welcome to pray and prophesy the same as their male counterparts, and are given the same expectations for doing so as their fellow men. In the Corinthian letters, Paul is calling them to order-- giving them instructions on improving their worship discipline. He observed that those present were speaking over each other, and engaging in laleō-- the Greek word for speaking or chattering, not the Greek word for preaching. Paul recommends that instead of interrupting worship services with talking, the women (and other audience members involved, as he calls out several demographics) wait until they are home to have their questions answered. He was not chiding their speaking so much as he was chiding their timing. Paul was making an appeal to the Corinthians' own sense of social propriety and encouraging them to hold their tongues in the formal church services. Addressing a specific situation is significantly different than making a blanket prohibition on women being church leaders. 4) Rev. Nancy is a phenomenal teacher and preacher, and a woman of the cloth through and through. We fully support her leadership as well as the leadership of all the other women who have enriched the kingdom of God on earth. We hope you will find it within yourself to open your heart to the wonderful messages that women of the cloth-- past, present, and future-- have to offer our wonderful faith traditions. Thank you!

Roman is an excellent companion and we champion his presence in the choir stall! IHC is thinking of you and praying for you in the wake of your accident. We hope you enjoy the online services!

You are so welcome!

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