Christian Mysticism Will Soften Your Spirit

[John Kuykendall]

When the Spirit softens our hearts so we can understand gender equality in the ministry, the church, and society we grow near to the heart of God and are forced to make a decision. Women and people excluded, our brothers and sisters
have special and pastoral gifts so there is a need to challenge the church to
incorporate these gifts in every sphere of the church. I am not saying men and
women are identical, women and men, men and men and women and women tend to be
different. This diversity is desperately needed in the leadership of the body
of Christ.

I feel patriarchy is the problem and the theological result of the biblical fall because it leads to degradation and violence against people worldwide. It seems the church is a fallen system and will continue to
be as long as patriarchy is a legitimate component of biblical Christianity. It
is appalling and unchristian for us to perpetuate the fallen powers on which patriarchy's system is
structured. We need to discern with the spirit the deception being disseminated
upon our Christian brothers and sisters. Christian need to be awakened as many
have already posted to the disgrace being propagated. Christian Mysticism