
Women's Issues: The Church
Verity by Phylicia Masonheimer
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The Early Church Was Predominantly Female
There actually was a predominantly female congregation in the early church. Some argue that it's possible the wives of many of the senators and the influential people at that time were more likely to become Christians because they did not lose their position with society. And so, there were many wives who would convert to Christ while living with unbelieving husbands. Then you also had the fact that it was a society, Greek and Roman society, look down on women and exalted sons.
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