Coloradomtnman
Rational and proud of it.
Mt.man, again a specific concern for specific church:
Since the sixth-century BC, Corinth was very well-known for the oracle at Delphi. In the Temple of Apollos at Delphi, a woman prophet called the Pythia would respond to questions asked from inquirers. In ancient times, people traveled great distances to visit Corinth and ask the Pythia questions.
Chloe, female leader from church of Corinth, sent a delegation to Paul concerning the problem of bringing pagan worship practices into the Christian church, in CORINTH.
The practice of asking questions and getting prophesy, caused the women to disrupt God breathed prophesy by asking questions. Paul told them to ask their questions at home.
To the contrary, Paul never told Phoebe< well versed in Christianity to shut up or go home. If you interpreted correctly, Paul would have told Phoebe the same thing He told the distracting women in the church at Corinth.
No where in the Old Testament are women told to shut up. To the contrary, women and wisdom go hand in hand:
Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of ...
Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her; happy are those who hold ... of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.
If you'd let us we are a blessing to men.
While I appreciate the history lesson of the church, and the respectful tone, and I do truly, I don't think you have answered my questions above. Because of how straight forward and simple those questions are, I can only take this to mean that you are avoiding the answers.
This is a shame because I would actually really like to know what a Christian woman thinks about these issues of gender inequality in Christian history as well as modern Christianity.
If out of expediency please just answer me this: why are there so few female church leaders among the different denominations today?