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S2 Ep1100: Women Pastors and Saddleback Getting Kicked out of the SBC: Dr. Rick Warren

Theology in the Raw

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The Importance of Women in the Church

There are women who have the gift of pastoring and it's a spiritual gift. I don't think God chooses gender for spiritual gifts, so all of those things are there. When you think of a pastor in the New Testament, you should think of a small group leader, like Lydia in a small group. There were no pulpits until the ninth century. So when people talk about, we don't want women behind the sacred desk - that's a cultural thing.

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