Chifungo: Let My People Go!

Let My people go and serve Me regardless of sex is the ultimate appeal from God.Unfortunately, some cultural practices and wrong interpretations of the Bible have excluded some, especially women, from attaining key leadership roles. Culturally, women are considered second class and men's property, source of evil and weaker vessels. A wrong interpretation of the scriptures has sidelined women from obtaining decision making positions. This is the result of what may be called, a One-Dimensional Approach, and a recommendation is made to re-read the biblical texts as well as Chewa culture and the history of the synod with aMulti-Dimensional Approach in which the literary, theological-rhetorical and historical-cultural aspects are all considered, because this approach liberates the oppressed and the marginalized.