I'm curious to see how all of you will react to this. I knew a "pastor" who was just starting out trying to start his own church. He did not like a certain church for having a lady pastor lead it. I guess he believed it was wrong. This same man told me (and God has called me to music ministry) that I sound terrible singing soprano and that I should not do it, and used people who have heard me sing before (who were NOT present at the time) to back him up when those people never said anything about it to me. When I said, very humbly eyes cast to the ground "I don't think I sound
that bad" he said "oh really? Then I'll record you sometime." I was very hurt and insulted, and told him what God had told me before: that God had sent me the proper teachers, and that my voice teacher who I believe is highly qualified told me that I am a soprano and that I do have a good voice. I was not prideful, I was defending myself from an unwarranted attack intended to degrade and bring me down to stop my pursuing of the calling God has given me.
The latter part of that paragraph was to give you an example of what that man could be like. So what do you think of ladies who are called to lead people, whether through being a pastor of a church, a minister, an evangelist, a missionary, or even the lead singer of a band? What is your take on women leading people?
I also wanted to include this link, for the abuse part of this thread:
Some Biblical Thoughts on Physical, Sexual, and Verbal Abuse | Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE)
Sorry for being slightly off topic. God Bless!