And I'm hoping there are folks on here with some experience.
Individuals aside, I had come to believe that evangelical Christians were Fundamentalists with a bee in their bonnets: they just can't wait to get the word out.
But, having worked with some extremely intelligent, insightful Evangelical Christians, I have to say my beliefs were misguided.
Yes, they seem to hold some odd beliefs about the roles of men and women. Yet an evangelical friend of mine recently made a comment about how all men and women have varying degrees of the masculine and feminine influence within them.
I had to stifle a guffaw -- That's the last thing I would expect to hear from an evangelical. I had to reassure him that I wasn't laughing at the idea, so much as the completely unexpected source of the idea.
The same friend takes part in a Men's retreat that I've considered attending experimentally, just for the sheer hell of it, and his church group also sponsors a women's retreat.
I have a vague idea what both groups will be about, but nothing concrete.
Any past or present members of the evangelical movement care to chime in?
Individuals aside, I had come to believe that evangelical Christians were Fundamentalists with a bee in their bonnets: they just can't wait to get the word out.
But, having worked with some extremely intelligent, insightful Evangelical Christians, I have to say my beliefs were misguided.
Yes, they seem to hold some odd beliefs about the roles of men and women. Yet an evangelical friend of mine recently made a comment about how all men and women have varying degrees of the masculine and feminine influence within them.
I had to stifle a guffaw -- That's the last thing I would expect to hear from an evangelical. I had to reassure him that I wasn't laughing at the idea, so much as the completely unexpected source of the idea.
The same friend takes part in a Men's retreat that I've considered attending experimentally, just for the sheer hell of it, and his church group also sponsors a women's retreat.
I have a vague idea what both groups will be about, but nothing concrete.
Any past or present members of the evangelical movement care to chime in?
