It wrongly assumes that we who have been redeemed cannot have victory over lust. My biggest complaint against the Billy Graham rule is that it prioritizes fear of potential sin over our united call to mission. The famous, so-called Billy Graham rule has been justifiably scrutinized over the past few years because of how it necessarily excludes women from key conversations with male leaders.
Stimulating a church-planting movement across any nation will require full-body participation, coordination, and integration. Movement becomes terribly difficult, awkward, and ineffective. When only one gender is engaged in this process, it’s as if the body of Christ has had a stroke and lost all function of one side. To reach the whole world with the good news, we need the whole church to be on mission together. God has called all of us to make disciples, which should ultimately lead to the planting of new churches (Matt. As the church incarnates God’s design for love and faith in how we live and work, people in the world will see the difference. In a world that wields power for selfish purposes, the church can be a place where individuals carefully steward and humbly share leadership. In an oversexualized world that declares sexual tensions to be inescapable, the local church can be a countercultural place of welcome and rest, where genuine phileo love (or friendship) reigns without awkwardness or reserve. Mutual respect and mutual submission motivate gift-based ministry, resulting in Spirit-empowered work for the kingdom of God, for God’s glory. When women and men work together in healthy and holy ways, their unity in Christ increases the redemptive impact of the church in the world. The fact that Jesus prayed for unity presumes both the presence of diversity and the challenges diversity creates. Jesus concludes his prayer by saying the result of this unity will be that “the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me” (John 1 7:2 3). In John 1 7 Jesus prays for the unity of all believers.
A Vision of Men and Women Working Together in the Kingdom of God
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I’d like to offer a vision of what that looks like and a game plan for how to get there.
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1 Imagine what could happen if the body of Christ fully supported and empowered the efforts of both male and female church planters! And whether the lead planter is male or female, there needs to be a full embrace of partnership between men and women in order for a church to rightly represent the body of Christ. Beyond the theological reasons, research shows that women are highly effective at evangelism and church planting, even in countries where they are disempowered socially and their work is not validated. When Christian men and women work together to plant churches, their cooperation becomes a compelling witness to God’s goodness and grace. The church is composed of living examples of God’s holy plan for human life and relationships. This kingdom is unlike any the earth has known it is led by Christ, and all are living in harmony with his will and his ways. The local church is a present outpost of the future, coming kingdom of God.
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