I went to a pastors training event for the Luis Palau "Portland Cityfest" crusade today. I love Luis Palau, and everything that his ministry stands for, but today I was very aware amongst the pastors, how many don't think that women should be in ministry. It amazed me about how often they mentioned us "men" in the room, even though a good third of the room was women. It was really irritating. Don't get me wrong, I don't feel like Luis had this view, but the man who was the "filler" for the entire training, seemed to have this view and share it with many others. It was really irritating.
I really don't like being in big groups of pastors like that, isn't that weird? I feel more judged there than out in the world. It's almost like you have to be outgoing, loud, and in style...otherwise why would you be in youth ministry? And with pastors, I just feel completely out of place.
To be honest, it kind of put me in a bad mood.
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Carly, your comments regarding our Enrichment Conference were both
insightful and appreciated. I would love to talk to you either by phone
or email. Thanks for all you’re doing for youth ministry. Chris
McFarland, Director, Portland CityFest chris.mcfarland@palau.org
503-614-1500
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