Feminism and European Evangelicalism

https://evangelicalfocus.com/european-evangelical-alliance/33099/women-in-leadership-conference-a-triumph-of-courage-competence-and-unity

The call for women in leadership is cast in somewhat nebulous terms. How do they mean this? In ministry? Society? Business? Government? It's unclear.

Regardless, all of these options are problematic and cast womanhood in other than Biblical terms. Once again this is feminism on full display within Evangelicalism. By moving the goalposts they can insist they are 'conservative' feminists countering radical feminism - even though only a generation ago these same women would have been considered radical feminists.

In other words they rely on a relativist narrative. They're feminists pure and simple and out of bounds in terms of Scripture.

While they certainly claim adherence to Scriptural authority, at key points they abandon it - relegating apostolic teaching to cultural bias and thus inadmissible and obsolete.

This conference effectively proclaims Paul's teachings regarding the shamefaced and submissive character of Christian women to be obsolete along with his calls toward domesticity, child-rearing and the like.

Further, they subtly question his teachings regarding women in authority and their authority to teach within the Church. Through the 'ministry' backdoor and via Sunday School and the like, women have shifted the debate and few even question as to whether or not it's proper for women to host theologically-oriented podcasts and radio shows, let alone to hold administrative and teaching positions in seminaries, Christian colleges, and other theologically-oriented institutions.

The conference report also demonstrates clearly the infiltration of psychology and the reliance on the popular jargon connected with it. The same can be said about the strategy, terms, and techniques of modern marketing methods.

I've have seen dozens if not hundreds of articles like this over the years, reporting on conferences and the like, and yet it's rare to ever see anyone take them to task or challenge the assumptions that are present. Of course my expectations with Evangelical Focus were nil, but the article caught my eye and so I thought I would share it with readers. Even seemingly innocuous reports offer an opportunity for examination and reflection.