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Again, is should reshape how we think about first-centruy christianity when we consider that the only named person we know from the Laodicean community is a woma, Nympha. This offers yet another reminder that ministry leadership in the apostolic period was not a man's job. People. both women and men, of skill and gifting,...were called on the care for the poeple of God in Jesus Christ ♥♥♥♥♥

oh my head...need to think about... 🤔
honest question:Did God really design women to be permanently subordinate or did the church mistake cultural norms and patriarchal philosophy for divine order? culture influence?

Jesus empowered women♥ ....Ignoring customs that forbade women from studying the Torah, Jesus taught women, such as Mary of Bethany, whom he honored for choosing to learn rather than just serve.....♥

helper = ezer in Hebrew.
ezer is an generic term that refers to someone who contribues to completing a task or accomplishing a goal.....

"Adam is incomplete in how he fits into the world without a partner."