Grace Church in Indiana lifts restrictions on women preachers
Grace Church, an 8,000-10,000-member congregation in Noblesville, Ind., has been fielding requests from the media about its recent reversal on the issue of women in leadership. But as a representative for the megachurch told The Christian Post this week, it could be a while before it issues any official statement on why administrators now believe God calls both men and women to lead His Church.
"The decision has been from our leaders [that] their desire is to lift all restrictions from women in leadership, including the role of an elder and the role of a senior pastor," she explained.
While two of the three long-standing restrictions have been lifted, the church must still work its way through degendering the eldership, if that is what the congregation decides to do when it comes time for members to vote.
The leaders of Grace Church appear to go to great lengths in the teachings presented...
