In August 2000, the MB Church of Congo ordained Madame Lukala Londa Charly . Her ordination corresponds to the pre-1957 North American MB practice of ordaining women for overseas mission work. She was ordained to serve as a pastor overseas, in a Mennonite congregation in Chatenay-Malabry near Paris, France
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Discussion : Ifthe church could ordain a woman for ministry overseas , could it not also ordain women serving on pastoral teams in Congo ? If the Holy Spirit was poured out on women as well as on men in Acts 2, should the church withhold their blessing of women’s ministry?
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《門諾弟兄會》正式開始按立女牧師 On August24, 2000, Pastor Mama Kadi Tshinyama was ordained by the Mennonite Brethren Church of Congo ( 剛果門諾弟兄會 )
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Community Hermeneutic ( 羣體釋經 ) David Wiebe , executive director of the Canadian MB Conference and secretary of International Committee of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) , says. “ This is how community hermeneutic works. We affect one another, even on a global scale, as we discern the way of God in this world. ”
問題 -- 《提前 2:12 》 我不許女人講道,也不許她轄管男人,只要沉靜。 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. ( English Standard Version )
問題 --《哥林多前書 11:3 》 我願意你們知道,基督是各人的頭,男人是女人的頭,神是基督的頭。 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. ( English Standard Version )
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三位一體神的榜樣 這裡的頭不是指在本質和實體上 (essence and being )的地位,因這種看法會導致聖子被視為低等的神 聖父和聖子的從屬關係乃屬於功能上的( functional ) 聖父、聖子、聖靈,在本質上 ( ontologically )是同尊、同榮、同等的,但在行政工作上卻有從屬的關係( economic subordination )
MB resolutions regarding women in church leadership MB General Conference Resolution, 1879 MB General Conference Resolution, 1957 Canadian MB Conference Resolution, 1975 MB General Conference Resolution, 1981 MB General Conference Statement of Counsel, 1984 MB General Conference Resolution, 1987 MB General Conference Proposed Resolution (Defeated), 1993 MB General Conference Resolution, 1999 MB Church of Manitoba Resolution, 2003
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The Mennonite Brethrenjourney towards freeing women for ministry 1878: instructed women to wear head coverings in church and family worship 1879: prohibited women from preaching or participating in discussions in church business meetings In the first part of the 20th century, women missionaries were ordained 1957: ordination was withdrawn and sisters were commissioned
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1999 resolution ofthe General Conference of MB Churches Our current position, “ that women be encouraged to minister in the church in every function other than the lead pastorate ”
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Canadian Conference Boardof Faith and Life develops resolution on women in ministry leadership standing (l–r) Walter Unger, John I. Block, John Wiebe, Menno Martens, Ken Peters, David Wiebe, Steve Berg, Ralph Gliege, Sherry Heidebrecht, Stéphane Rhéaume; kneeling, Merv Boschman, Keith Poysti, Hans Boge.
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Board of Faithand Life Women in Ministry Leadership Calgary Resolution 2006
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That women beencouraged to minister in the church in every function other than the lead pastorate . The church is to invite women to exercise leadership on Conference boards, in pastoral staff positions and in our congregations, institutions, and agencies. We ask women to minister as gifted, called and affirmed . We call the church to be increasingly alert to the gifts of women and to become more active in calling them to minister. We further call people in the Spirit of Christ to relate to one another in mutual respect as brothers and sisters in Christ.
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體制模式≠核心信條 The roleof women in ministry leadership has been discerned and treated as a non-confessional issue by previous convention and study conference delegations. It is the counsel of BFL that this issue remains at the level of polity . Realism , not biblical infidelity or spiritual immaturity, behooves us to maintain interpretive humility.