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Date Posted: 15:01:00 11/25/02 Mon
Author: tamarisk
Subject: Sola

Found this article in a past issue of Calvary Contender.

WILLOW CREEK & WOMEN PASTORS�Bill Hybels' Willow Creek Community Church near Chicago years ago decided �after months of study and debate� that it would support women in any position of leadership�teacher, preacher, elder. The church's theological guru and founding elder, Wheaton College professor Gilbert Bilezikian, argues that �secular socialization regarding sex roles,� whereby men are cut out for certain tasks and women for others, has no place in a Christian community (ll/13 CT). The church has garnered criticism because it requires that a potential member be able to �joyfully sit under the teaching of women teachers� and �joyfully submit to the leadership of women in various leadership positions at Willow Creek before joining. A female elder said, ��if you can't embrace this teaching, practically speaking, you'd probably be happier at some other church.� Bilezikian is said to enjoy a glass of red wine with his meal [�Dr.'s orders!�], and has �legions of female followers.� Perhaps not surprisingly, �Women at Willow Creek fall in love with him�.� Such is the man behind Bill Hybels' seeker-sensitive megachurch ministry.

Tamarisk Comments--For one such person, calling themselves Christian who would willingly put themselves under the authority of a woman, is sheer heresy and false teaching. Again, women as Apostles, Prophet(for profit), Pastors, Preachers, Deacons, etc., are telling biblical signs leading to the End Times Apostasy. It is the sign of a weak ministry and one wishing to become popular. Popular preaching is all the rage these daze. The debil loves it!

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