My Call(was Feminine Mystique)

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[Bro. Jerry]:
>But I cannot say scripturally that she has The Call.


[Anneliese now]:
That is rather easy to say when one has not personally heard the testimony
concerning "The Call" (using caps like you did, although the scripture does
not use caps).  Also, I do recall a man by the name of Joel, who wrote "your
sons and your daughters shall prophesy"...same word, men and women.

[Anneliese before]:
>>My pastor asked Sis. Doughty to speak as well on Sat.
>>nite & Sun. for the whole church because her ministry is so powerful
>>and uplifting, it does good for everyone to hear it.

[Bro. Jerry]:
>I'm sure that we can have MEN who, for instance, are polygamists who can
>also say powerful and uplifting things, but they also should not be
>allowed to Preach because it is not Biblically allowed.

[Anneliese now]:
I'm afraid I have to end this conversation now, as you have just proceeded
to insult my pastor and his decision making ability concerning how he
handles administration of his Office (Pastor of our church).  Yet, I will
make one last comment about the statements made below:

[Bro. Jerry]:
>The bottom line is, just because someone claims to be called to Preach,
>if they fail to meet the qualifications in the Bible, I cannot say they
>are really called.

Aside from mere physical attributes such as "maleness", and physical
relationships such as "monogamy" and "heterosexuality", you have not cited
any specific Biblical *Spiritual* criteria to qualify one as *truly* being
"called".  I agree that one must be monogamous because there are specific
scriptures, that directly relate to pastoral Offices concerning this issue.
I agree that one must be heterosexual because the state of being homosexual
is fundamentally an abomination.

But I do not see direct scriptural references that *forbid* women to preach,
or to hold certain Offices based *solely* on her femaleness with *no* other
restrictions at all.  On the contrary, I do see prohibition *only* when the
local culture had certain restrictions placed upon women which had nothing
to do with preaching in particular, but rather with the role of women in
general.  But, we've been down this road before, and I daresay neither side
will convince the other because *both* sides can use Bible to back up their
claims.


And, that having been said, I end my involvement with this tangent of this
thread.
Anneliese