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Trisha's avatar

In the November 2023 afternoon session of conference, Gerrit Gong said "Please counsel with and listen to sister leaders." Funny, not funny, that during that session there were zero sister speakers. Seriously, how un-aware are these guys? I've found that if they have to say it, then it isn't happening. If they have to give an entire talk on the importance of women, then women really aren't important. If they have to tell us to listen to and counsel with women, then we aren't. As Tracy wrote so eloquently, women and men can work and serve side by side without any issue and to great benefit to everyone. It has also been my experience that the women who are in positions of authority and leadership in my workplace are also dedicated and loving mothers (3 currently expecting as I type this). I mean, come on! It's just ridiculous that we can't figure this out as an institution.

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Shaless Parker's avatar

Seeing the organization of the church laid out as if it was a business organization (education in this instance) gave me so many feelings! I sit in business meetings five days a week, so it just spoke to me clearly in a language I hadn’t used for church yet. It’s going to take some time to work through the pit in my stomach. So powerful!

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