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About Eva Burkholder

is a missionary kid who was born and raised in Papua New Guinea. She has served as an overseas missionary, a women’s ministry deacon in a local church, an adjunct professor at a Bible college and now as the Assistant Director of Member Care for a faith-based mission agency in the Dallas metroplex. Eva teaches, mentors, and encourages missionaries toward soul care and deep intimacy with the Lord. In her spare time she enjoys baking, puzzles and mystery shows. Eva and her husband have two young adult sons. Read more by clicking on her name to visit her blog Pondered Treasures (http://evaburkholder.blogspot.com/).

Being Egalitarian in a Complementarian World

July 26, 2017 by Eva Burkholder

As I listened to the pastor of my new church describe the insults and attacks he and the elders had endured after they made the decision to invite women onto the elder board, a weight lifted off my soul.
For the first time in my life, I discovered what it felt like to have male leadership take the hit for me.
Prior to this, only one or two individual men had heralded my gifts. Finally I knew what it meant to be part of a church body where I did not need to keep my mouth shut or squirm in my seat or disagree in silence whenever issues regarding women were addressed. Because that is my world for the most part.
While my own position concerning the role of women in the church has gradually changed, my work environment has not.

Filed Under: Personal Stories, Women and the Church Tagged With: Eva Burkholder

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