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I am creating a new post to continue the great discussion that we have been having on a previous post while I am out of the country. \u00a0The original discussion is on this post\u00a0https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/07\/05\/wayne-grudem-part-2\/<\/strong><\/a> and since we have grown to over 240 comments, I would ask that we continue our discussions with Mark the complementarian here.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am creating a new post to continue the great discussion that we have been having on a previous post while I am out of the country. \u00a0The original discussion is on this post\u00a0https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/07\/05\/wayne-grudem-part-2\/ and since we have grown to over 240 comments, I would ask that we continue our discussions with Mark the complementarian here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[2,3,5,9,11,14,22,30,31,42,62,66,67],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nDo the genders have different functions? - Women in Ministry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/10\/16\/do-the-genders-have-different-functions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do the genders have different functions? - Women in Ministry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am creating a new post to continue the great discussion that we have been having on a previous post while I am out of the country. \u00a0The original discussion is on this post\u00a0https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/07\/05\/wayne-grudem-part-2\/ and since we have grown to over 240 comments, I would ask that we continue our discussions with Mark the complementarian here.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/10\/16\/do-the-genders-have-different-functions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Women in Ministry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-10-16T07:18:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-06-17T02:42:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cheryl Schatz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cheryl Schatz\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/10\/16\/do-the-genders-have-different-functions\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/10\/16\/do-the-genders-have-different-functions\/\",\"name\":\"Do the genders have different functions? - Women in Ministry\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-16T07:18:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-17T02:42:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/#\/schema\/person\/d7a33503fddaf9e8c392972b2801441a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/10\/16\/do-the-genders-have-different-functions\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/10\/16\/do-the-genders-have-different-functions\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/10\/16\/do-the-genders-have-different-functions\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Do the genders have different functions?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/\",\"name\":\"Women in Ministry\",\"description\":\"This blog is for dialogue on the issue of women in ministry and the freedom for women to teach the bible in a public setting. 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