Women and ministry: a case for the ordination of women in the Central Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India

Annamma Nainan Mathew

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Women and ministry: a case for the ordination of women in the Central Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India

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Annamma Nainan Mathew. Women and Ministry: a Case for the Ordination of Women In the Central Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/11fc6ba5-f029-4857-8670-11e10c51ecdb.

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A. N. Mathew. Women and ministry: a case for the ordination of women in the Central Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/11fc6ba5-f029-4857-8670-11e10c51ecdb

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Annamma Nainan Mathew. Women and Ministry: a Case for the Ordination of Women In the Central Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/11fc6ba5-f029-4857-8670-11e10c51ecdb.

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In 1982 the Synod of the Church of South India approved women's ordination. But the Central Kerala Diocese (the author's own diocese) has not yet ordained women. In this study the author argues that there are biblical bases for the equality of men and women and theological bases for the ordination of women. God created male and female in God's own image and they are made to be equal partners in caring for the creation as God's representatives (Gen 1:26-27). Jesus Christ, who treated women and men as equals, stands independent of culture in relation to women. Woman is heir to the same salvation with man: together they are joint heirs of the grace of life (1 Peter 3:7). In the early church women exercised roles and functions which were later associated with priestly ministry. The author argues that there are practical reasons for ordaining women in the Central Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India. In this diocese the full-time women workers, Sisters of the Church, and pastors' wives are doing pastoral work. The diocese whole-heartedly accepts their work. Therefore, the argument is women should be included in ordained ministry.

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