{"id":68409,"date":"2021-04-15T14:53:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T20:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/?p=68409"},"modified":"2021-04-15T16:18:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T22:18:53","slug":"sendas-introduces-course-on-theology-of-women-in-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/sendas-introduces-course-on-theology-of-women-in-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"SENDAS introduces course on theology of women in ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the Nazarene Seminary of the Americas (SENDAS)\u00a0underwent a curriculum reform for its bachelor\u2019s program in 2020, they added a course on the Theology of Women in Ministry. In its first implementations, it made a significant impact on the lives of those who took the course.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis subject has come to destroy walls,\u201d said Ram\u00f3n Galdamez, a participant from California. \u201cIt is a bombshell for those who read the Bible from a male perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n

The course was taught for the first time to two different classes during the January-March quarter. The courses were conducted via Zoom with instructors Elvin Heredia from Puerto Rico and M\u00f3nica Mastronardi from Costa Rica, who developed the new syllabus.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a privilege and a challenge for me to teach the Theology of Women in Ministry course,\u201d Mastronardi said. \u201cWe have studied the Wesleyan, biblical, and theological foundations of gender mutuality and equality in which John Wesley and the founders and founders of the Church of the Nazarene believed and practiced. We are left with the great challenge of encouraging women to overcome their fears and help our leaders to identify the visible and invisible chauvinism that has permeated the beliefs and practices of many Christians.\u201d<\/p>\n

The course\u2019s base material, translated into Spanish by Mario Zani and his wife, Ana Mar\u00eda, was provided by Roberto Hodgson, director of Multicultural Ministries for the United States and Canada Region. This material was expanded upon and supplemented by SENDAS.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis module has changed my mindset,\u201d said Luis Chafla. \u201cThe chauvinistic attitude in my heart has been removed. Now I can have a new beginning, but this time I can do it the right way, following the truth. I have learned to interpret the Word in a better way, no longer letting the predominant cultural mindset guide me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The course was attended by a total of 39 students, 22 women and 17 men, from the Northern California, New England, and New York districts.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the community we serve is Hispanic, and within this culture there is a lot of chauvinism where women are treated as inferior due to ignorance, both within the church and outside,\u201d said Ermunda Hidalgo. \u201cMy duty is to help them find their true value in God, that God did not create or see them as inferior human beings but rather that in the eyes of our Father, men and women have the same value and the same capacities.\u201d<\/p>\n

—Seminario Nazareno de las Am\u00e9ricas<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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