@bethany @sinbach yep...some of those quotes are really upsetting

Especially that 2/3 of british Christians don't attend a church... We're currently part of that 2/3 while we continue to get past, well, lets just call them 'troubles

My passion has historically been to reach the lost in church...maybe I need to start thinking about the 2/3...especially since we're part of those numbers

@Berrybunchfamily @bethany I spend a lot of time in Swedish Lutheran churches these days and the majority of priests is now female and the percentage continues to grow. At the same the number of overall attendance in the Swedish Lutheran church continues to plummet. An argument can be made that the two are not connected, but not a convincing one.

@sinbach @bethany I'd tend to agree with that connection...

@sinbach @Berrybunchfamily I wonder what the cause and effect situation is there? Are there more women priests ("priestesses"? I don't know, that sounds weird) because there are less men in the church, or are there less men in the church because there are more female priests?

@bethany @sinbach there's a quote in the next post along from the one I posted by a "fr" (a friar or father?..am not sure..) stated, in the telegraph, that men had given up applying to become priests due to too many female priests...don't know about his reasoning, 'cos it's a just a quote in the middle of the article, but that one struck something in me, but I'm not quite sure what....

This topic has increasingly got my heart and brain focused on something...but I'm not quite sure what that is, just yet...

@Berrybunchfamily @bethany @sinbach This whole subject has had me pondering for years. I can not help but believe that the increase we see in divorce also has something to do with the confusion of gender roles?

@Will @bethany @sinbach as a church, generally, there is much confusion...I'm definitely with you on the confusion of gender roles causing damage and harm

@bethany @sinbach @Berrybunchfamily Very interesting thought!

@Berrybunchfamily @bethany @sinbach Have you considers a home meeting? Unchurched people are much more likely to come sit around your kitchen table and talk about God than to go into a church to listen to a preacher.

@Will @bethany @sinbach

house church is an option, but my calling and gifting is within the established church, with all its issues and problems

And I know that people love engaging with Jesus in church, and, in the right context, that's where the gifts I have can make the most difference

@Berrybunchfamily @bethany @sinbach Using the gifts God gave you where He calls you is the best place to be!

@Will @bethany @sinbach 🙂 always