Beth Moore remains one of the most forceful and fearless Christian leaders in the game, and she recently stoked the fires of controversy by expressing — again — her longtime opposition to sexism in the church — particularly when it comes to women not being allowed to preach.
Her claim was taken to task by author and theologian Owen Strachan, who wrote on Twitter that “women do not preach on Sunday to the church …We will not capitulate here.”
Moore responded to Strachan on Twitter.
Owen, I am going to say this with as much respect & as much self restraint as I can possibly muster. I would be terrified to be a woman you’d approve of. And I would have wasted 40 years of my life encouraging women to come to know and love Jesus through the study of Scripture.
— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) May 9, 2019
Moore expanded on this thought in a longer Tweet thread, shown below.
The first one is that I have a very active daily practice of repentance. I never have nothing to repent of. You need not worry if I am aware of my own sins, flaws & weaknesses. I am. You can know I am hashing out things on my face on the floor before God every day. That said, ->
— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) May 11, 2019
There are countless conservative Complementarians I very much respect & deeply love even though I may not fully understand their interpretations of certain Scriptures as the end of the matter. I love the Scriptures. I love Jesus. I do not ignore 1 Tim or 1 Cor. What I plead for->
— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) May 11, 2019
Above all else, we must search the attitudes & practices of Christ Jesus himself toward women. HE is our Lord. He had women followers! Evangelists! The point of all sanctification & obedience is toward being conformed to HIS image. I do not see 1 glimpse of Christ in this sexism.
— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) May 11, 2019
Here is what you don’t understand. I have loved the SBC & served it with everything I have had since I was 12 years old helping with vacation Bible school. Alongside ANY other denomination, I will serve it to my death if it will have me. And this is how I am serving it right now.
— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) May 11, 2019
