Meghan Florian, a member of our congregation, offers a wonderful reflection on gender roles at church.
The point of affirming women as preachers ought never be to belittle the vital work women have been doing in the church all along. Instead, while we need to see women encouraged to raise their voices, to interpret and proclaim the word of God for us, we simultaneously need to encourage and challenge men to care for children as part of our worship.
For the rest of her article, visit the online edition of The Mennonite magazine: “Nurseries and Pulpits“