new church life: jan uary/february 2015
• Letter to the Regional General Church Clergy – Balance Group, Glenview,
Illinois (2013)
• Why the Representative and Functional Roles of the Priesthood in the New
Church Require an All-Male Clergy – The Rev. Michael D. Gladish (General
Church Council of the Clergy, 2014)
• There is No Deficiency, Only Blessing: An Argument in Favor of Ordaining
Women in the General Church – Shada Sullivan (2013)
• Examining the Policy of Male-Only Clergy in the General Church – Shada
Sullivan (2013)
• Benefits of Women in the Clergy – Jonathan and Karin Childs (General
Inclusive Clergy Workshop, 2014)
• The Doctrine of Accommodation – The Rev. David C. Roth (General Church
Council of the Clergy, 2014)
• A Doctrinal Foundation for a Gender-Inclusive Clergy in the General Church
– The Rev. Solomon J. Keal (General Church Council of the Clergy, 2014)
• Gender and Serving in the Uses of the Priesthood: What Did the Lord Do, and
Why? – The Rev. Kenneth J. Alden (General Church Council of the Clergy,
2014)
• Masculine Initiative in the Things of the Church – The Rev. Grant H. Odhner
(General Church Council of the Clergy, 2014)
• Misdiagnosis – Mistaken Solution – The Rev. Jeremy F. Simons (2014)
• Responses to Arguments Against Women’s Ordination – Julie Conaron
(General Inclusive Clergy Workshop, Bryn Athyn, 2014)
• Rethinking the Representative Nature of the Priesthood in the New Church
– The Rev. David H. Lindrooth (General Church Council of the Clergy,
2014)
• What We’re Hearing: Current Discussion of Women in the Priesthood – The
Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss Jr. and the Rev. Brian D. Smith (Collection of
comments prepared for the General Church Clergy Meetings, 2014)
Additional Resource Links:
• Love First – The Rev. John L. Odhner (General Church Council of the
Clergy, 1986)
• Balance of Spiritual Leadership in the General Church – Video: Balance
Group Letter to the General Church Clergy (2014)
• Can We Have the Benefits of Women in the Clergy? – Four videos (2014)
• Varieties of Pastoral Leadership (Slide show and speaking notes) – Dr. Soni
S. Werner (Balance Group Colloquium, 2014)
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