Discuss Theology

“When Joanne Whitcomb first took over as pastor of the United Methodist church of Esthampton, Massachusetts, she sensed that the main resistance to her authority came from the lay women.” [from Women in the Pulpit, Priscilla and William Proctor, p.75] I suppose we could deduce several conclusions from this, for me, the primary one is a desire for women to be non-accountable for their actions. Evangelicalism likes to teach that women have a covering and thus their “covering” is ultimately responsible to God for decision making. Nice but not true. We are all equally responsible to God for our decisions.