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Oct 12, 2026
Michael ClaryGUEST
You can sign all the doctrinal statements.
Michael ClaryGUEST
You can, you can a- adhere to the Chicago Statement on Inerrancy, the Danvers Statement, whatever the statement is.
Michael ClaryGUEST
You can a- affirm the statements, but every pastor knows you have editorial control over what you say from the pulpit.
Michael ClaryGUEST
And so you can just conveniently avoid talking about the things that will offend your people, and so you can have your cake and eat it too.
Monty MaderHOST
coverture.
Monty MaderHOST
In December of 1987, a group of evangelical leaders met in Danvers, Massachusetts, and wrote the Danvers Statement, which founded the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and the word complementarian.
Monty MaderHOST
If you've heard the word complementarian, that's where this came from.
Monty MaderHOST
Affirmation three of this statement says, "Adam's headship in marriage was established by God before the fall and was not a result of sin." Affirmation four, "In a fallen world, the wife's intelligent, willing submission tends to be replaced by usurpation or servility, and sin inclines the women to resist limitation on their roles." Oh my God, the women are acting like they're people.