Growing up in a Quaker church was very interesting. I learned far more about Quaker history than I did about Jesus. I learned a lot about God, but not as much about Jesus. In our church, we had a male head pastor and a female assistant pastor. The Quaker way is that all people in the church are considered ministers. It's very easy to see that I grew up with a very egalitarian view of women and men. I mentioned in my last blog entry that I had only heard the word "submission" once before I married. I had no understanding of what it meant. But, shortly after I got married, God put me on a journey to help me understand His desires for me in my marriage. Along that journey, I began to consider what submission meant for women in regard to church leadership. There are two scriptures that specifically state that elders in the church are to be men and that women are not to teach or exercise authority over men. These scrip...