Bare Marriage Episode 208: What Happens When a Pastor Sets Out to Prove Complementarianism? ft. Terran Williams
Oct 5, 2023
Terran Williams, author of How God Sees Women and What's So Amazing About Scripture, joins the podcast to discuss their journey from complementarianism to egalitarianism. They examine flawed aspects of complementarianism, emphasize the importance of women's voices in church leadership, explore stories where Jesus interacts with women, and address challenges in navigating conversations about complementarianism. They offer advice on dealing with closed-minded pastors and the fear of gaslighting.
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Leaving A Church Over Conviction
- Terran Williams recounts leaving a large multi-site church after re-evaluating its complementarian stance.
- He felt compelled to publish his findings when leadership resisted theological reconsideration.
House Of Cards Argument
- Williams compares complementarianism to a flimsy house of cards propped up by interconnected weak arguments.
- He argues the synthesis of passages, not isolated verses, reveals complementarianism's weakness.
Exclusion Undermines Image-Of-God Claim
- Cutting women out of senior leadership contradicts the claim that men and women together image God.
- Williams sees exclusion from preaching and decision-making as an ironic denial of women's equal status.