Makes sense. I am familiar with this mindset. Sounds like your old church was influenced by a combination of feminist and pietistic thinking. Feminism seeks to minimize sexual distinctions, and pietism seeks to minimize outward expressions of the faith in real circumstances. They often work in tandem. This is e…
Makes sense. I am familiar with this mindset. Sounds like your old church was influenced by a combination of feminist and pietistic thinking. Feminism seeks to minimize sexual distinctions, and pietism seeks to minimize outward expressions of the faith in real circumstances. They often work in tandem. This is exactly the sort of thing that occurred in my church conflict. I was pressing for an understanding and application of sexual distinction in everyday circumstances, but frequently encountered the kind of resistance you described. Some were unwilling to engage the subject at all. I was persistent because of how much this ideology is harmful to people. This escalated to the point that elders resigned and took other people with them. It was a sad situation.
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Makes sense. I am familiar with this mindset. Sounds like your old church was influenced by a combination of feminist and pietistic thinking. Feminism seeks to minimize sexual distinctions, and pietism seeks to minimize outward expressions of the faith in real circumstances. They often work in tandem. This is exactly the sort of thing that occurred in my church conflict. I was pressing for an understanding and application of sexual distinction in everyday circumstances, but frequently encountered the kind of resistance you described. Some were unwilling to engage the subject at all. I was persistent because of how much this ideology is harmful to people. This escalated to the point that elders resigned and took other people with them. It was a sad situation.