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Today we’re going to look closely at Jesus’ relations with women to see what he saw as the role of men and women.  We’re going to examine the cultural context in which Jesus found himself in regards to gender relations, and the revolutionary impact Jesus had on the role of men and women before God and how that evidenced itself in the early church.

Now, as far as the question of whether or not the Bible allows for women to be pastors and elders, I think there are two approaches in doing a series like this.  The first is for me to teach my opinion by presenting the arguments from one side and then refuting them.  However, this issue is just way to nuanced and open to interpretation, so my approach will be to take it topic by topic, doing my best to fairly portray both sides, so that by the end we might weigh the Biblical data and reach our conclusion as a church.