![]() ![]() The word was truly hidden and buried in my heart. ![]() Instead of summer camp, we met up in a metropolitan area with other Churches of Christ and competed in scripture memory and scripture trivia competitions, complete with medals and everything! This led me, throughout my early teenage years and into my college years, to read through the entire bible, cover to cover, many times (yes, even every word of Leviticus!) I went on to memorize much of the gospel of Matthew and all of the book of Ephesians and Philippians as well as large chunks of other New Testament books. I grew up participating in Church of Christ bible competitions. As a pre-schooler and even before I could read, I grew up memorizing bible verses every week and getting stickers for it at church as a child. ![]() I also served as a minister in a Church of Christ for a decade.īecause of this Church of Christ legacy, I grew up loving the bible and cherishing it as the Word of God. Years later, I went back to seminary at ACU to do my Masters in Divinity. I went to Abilene Christian University, along with most of my cousins, for my undergraduate degree in Social Work. They were leaders at Highland Church of Christ where my mother attended for forty years. My parents met at a Church of Christ school, Abilene Christian University. My mother, aunt and uncle all grew up in Churches of Christ, and went on to raise their families in Churches of Christ. When she met my granddad they went on to serve their local Church of Christ for their entire married life, with my grandfather serving as an elder for many of those years. When my grandmother was born she grew up Church of Christ. My great grandparents went on to serve faithfully in their local Church of Christ. My great, great grandparents were members of Churches of Christ in west Texas, where my great grandparents were born. For those of us born into it, we are always Church of Christ’ers. You can read part of my story here, ) I currently serve as a Pastor in the Vineyard Church but I am still Church of Christ. (I left the Church of Christ about a year ago because of their prohibition on women in leadership. įirst, you should know, I grew up Church of Christ. See the recent Christian Chronicle articles as an example of the dialogue most Churches of Christ are engaging in right now. In the coming weeks, I will narrow my focus to one group of Christians, Churches of Christ, and examine their historical and contemporary hermeneutic as I continue to engage the topic of women in leadership in the church. The issue of how Christians interpret the bible, or the hermeneutical process, is one that has caused debates, church splits and heated disagreements since the first century. My recent article on biblical criticism and 1 Timothy 2:11-15 has generated some helpful conversations regarding the contemporary issue of women in leadership. ![]()
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