I need this book more than I could have imagined

The American evangelical church has its head stuck way too far up its ass to ever learn from the Bible it worships, but the individuals who seek to be the body of Christ will find Aimee’s book to be either revelationary or refreshing, or both.

I’ve never been given a satisfactory context for why women could or should not do things, and having the female perspective and voice explaining why women’s voices have always been needed and always will be needed at all levels of churchiness and community tied up a lot of loose ends for me.

I also didn’t see the “yellow wallpaper” of parachurch organizations before reading this book and the influence that congregations allow parachurches to hold over them, when there’s no reason for them to have that authoritative capacity. It really shows how the American evangelical church may have gotten its head stick up it’s ass in the first place because it’s so invisible. To quote Aimee:

“We should be friends with the parachurch, but we should not confuse our relationship with the church and substitute it with the parachurch. Often it doesn’t start out that way; the switcheroo may happen more subtly over time. Other times people are evangelized through a parachurch organization and do not realize their need for membership in a local church.”