Being at college has exposed me to a number of new experiences, people, etc. To sum up; my life is different than it was and my manner of viewing the world has begun to change as I am forming new opinions on things independent of my parents' influences. After I settled into college I started attending a small group Bible study in order to stay connected with people that can be real with me in my faith. I have begun to notice there are very few male Bible study leaders. I also began to notice though that there is a lack of male leadership in other areas of the college. For instance the leader of our church service is a female college student, the praise band is all females with the exception of one male, and the chaplain of the college is a female. I am not really sexist, but there is something different about being taught by a female compared to being taught by a male. It's impossible for a female to relate to some of the struggles that a male experiences and vice versa. I will admit that I as a male can't fully relate to all that women struggle with. For instance wouldn't it strike you as odd if a woman went to a guy asking for encouragement in her pregnancy? There's just kind of a sex barrier there that doesn't allow men to connect with women on some subjects and vice versa. For instance I, being a male, would never go to a woman to speak to her about temptations with my girlfriend I would go to a male because they can most realistically relate to this problem.
I think the healthiest solution to their being too many female leaders would be to have both a male and a female leader so the entire population of church goers would feel as though they have a leader they can go to with their own personal struggles.
I just feel as though men in America need to step up and begin leading the church. Women are beginning to take on more roles in the church and this is a great thing to celebrate, but that doesn't mean men can simply back out now and allow women to run everything. It should be an equal, mutual leadership so that all Christians feel as though they have someone they can relate to and be encouraged in their faith with. So I salute the rising of female leaders in the church, but at the same time am ashamed of my own gender for failing to step up and take leadership roles in the church.
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