Called to Minister, Empowered to Serve Charles W. Naylor Drawing from his personal experiences

Drawing from his personal experiences and familial background—his father

she seemed naturally unfitted to fill any place in the world and doomed to be only a burden to herself and her friends

looks over his shoulder as he writes

Boyce Blackwelder with us

In the perusal of these pages it will be observed that a number of scriptures have been used over and over again

Called to Minister, Empowered to Serve Charles W. Naylor Drawing from his personal experiences"Should a woman be a pastor?" While evangelicals strive to follow the pattern of Scripture in everything, they often conform to American culture in one critical respect: They exclude women from pastoral leadership. Wesleyan Holiness churches such as the Church of God (Anderson, IN) insist on the New Testament standard of gift based ministry rather than gender based ministry, so women have served as pastors in our leading congregations. However, some