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Bridgetown Audio Podcast

Lecture: Part 4: Women & Eldership — Threats & Invitations

Aug 31, 2023
Tyler Staton, Bethany Allen, & Gavin Bennett discuss Bridgetown's position on women in eldership. They explore experiences of women in the church, frustrations with gender disparities, the range of experiences, building communities based on pain, and embracing healthy disagreement.
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Quick takeaways

  • Approach the topic of women in eldership with humility, valuing others above ourselves and being slow to speak and quick to listen.
  • Build community around healing instead of pain, resisting the temptation to find comfort in others' pain and connecting with someone safe and wise to process our own pain.

Deep dives

Threat: Processing subjective experience without sensitivity to theological diversity

It is crucial to approach this topic with humility, valuing others above ourselves, and being slow to speak and quick to listen. We should reflect love by going slow with our emotional response and contribute to the greater good of the community. Being mindful of who we share our process with and when is important.

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