Would a church with more male\/female equality have tolerated coercive abuse by a male pastor for so long? \u00a0Maybe–but I don’t think so.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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For comparison, look at the Catholic church and how it has done in keeping nuns and other compassionate women out of the leadership.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yelp reviews on this church On the surface, Pacific Crossroads Church is a friendly, Bible-believing church that meets on Sunday mornings in the big auditorium at Santa Monica High School.\u00a0 What’s not to like? But if you check its website, you find that it’s part of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).\u00a0 When you scroll<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1083,1081,1082],"ppma_author":[1162],"class_list":{"0":"post-6291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens-rights","8":"tag-among","9":"tag-antifemale","10":"tag-churches"},"yoast_head":"\n