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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In regards to the various denominations of American Christianity, which ones do you believe treat women the best ??  As in more leadership opportunities & equal treatment between the sexes ??  Which ones do you think view women in a more unequal or lesser light in regards to men?

Here's my take...
Off the top of my head:

Treats women more unequally:
- Southern Baptist
- Reformed Evangelical 
- Calvinist/Puritan
- Jehovah Witness
- Pentecostal

Treats women more fairly:
- Roman Catholic
- Church of Latter-Day Saints (non-Fundy)
- Unitarian
- Episcopalian
- Charismatic Evangelical 
- Presbyterian 
- Lutheran

Thank you for your thoughts and views!! 
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I bet this list was put together by a Roman Catholic, who is told by their church how progressive it is.

The Catholic Church is not progressive.  Don't kid yourself.[/quote]
+1  Does the OP not realize that the Catholic church does not allow women to lead?

The church I went to  is non denominational .   They have female pastors who give sermons.   [/quote]

Women who give sermons, but don't run the church.[/quote]
Most of the staff are women.  So, most who run the church are women.[/quote]

But the nominal leader is always a guy.[/quote]
The main pastor is a guy, yes. But, relatively speaking, it's a pretty egalitarian church.

One of the sermons he preached was about the verse "wives obey your husbands".   I've heard sermons about that verse my whole life (40 years going to church).  He was the first pastor to explain that this verse wasn't about men being the master of the house, but rather about harmony in the marriage. He explained the context of when that was written and what was going on in that time when that letter was written.   That was the first time I had ever heard that verse explained this way, and it cemented my belief that this church treated women equally.

They also reach out to immigrants, legal or otherwise, and provide services to them.  They try to really live the verse, "love thy neighbor", whoever or wherever that neighbor is from.[/quote]

Hahaha!! This is great! We can just reinterpret what is written to mean whatever we want, regardless what the sexist white male leaders (i.e., the Pope) say.  I mean hey, whatever keeps our numbers up and the money and power flowing - right?[/quote]

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