Today Dave Johnson, Lead Pastor of Neighborhood Christian Fellowship (a Wesleyan church in Southern California) writes about his belief in biblical equality. His response is an excellent model of how to articulate the egalitarian position briefly but clearly in conversations with friends.

I believe that the bible, the church and even the totality of Christian history affirm the role of women in church leadership.

Although women have made great social and political strides over the years, the church has moved at a slower pace. Yet women in scripture were clearly more than the “helpmate” that my complementarian brothers and sisters would describe.

Here are three reasons I am in favor of men and women serving equally as co-laborers in the Kingdom of God.