Here is Mud In Your Eye

25 Women Who Ministered to Men in the Bible: By Reverend Mombo Galloway   Introduction: Nowhere in the Bible does it say women are to minister only to other women and children. In fact, the Word of God teaches the opposite. Yet, many Bible-believing churches and denominations have accepted this false cultural bias as a fact. This has become an acceptable way to place over 1/2 of the population in a status of non-influence within the leadership of the church/missions/ministry to the world.  A church with no women in leadership partnering alongside the men is like having a home with a dad but no mother or no mother that partners alongside him in leading the family. Imagine a home with small children at Christmas with a dad and a mother who has died. It would not be the same homey feeling at Christmas. Without the decorations, music, cookies, homecooked meals, and specially picked-out wrapped gifts, life just wouldn't be the same without a mother's leadership at home during the h...

Being invited to be the first female senior pastor in a historic Christian church over 100 years old, I felt led of the Lord to speak about the "Elephant in the Room" so that anyone with concern about having a female pastor could read up in a quick and simple way on the biblical history of female ministers. If you DO NOT believe in women pastors, this blog is for you to consider biblically. Is it okay? Is it okay if She Preaches? A pastor friend asked me this week if I had a lot of opposition being a female pastor throughout the years. My answer was honestly no. I had the privilege or even dare I say "luck" of not receiving much criticism for the 28 years I have been in ministry. I happened to operate in circles where it was perfectly fine for a woman to teach the Bible, to anyone, anywhere, anytime, at any location. No one wants to say it, but many people have it cross their minds. Some even feel strongly one way or the other. Either way, we all come from different...