tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post114574270653863961..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Women Benefactors and Church LeadershipMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-73920905055893485162011-07-03T16:55:48.965-05:002011-07-03T16:55:48.965-05:00Good question, Michael. It is interesting that abo...Good question, Michael. It is interesting that about half of the benefactors of the church in the NT are women, but only about 5% of benefactors in the wider society were women. The figure for synagogue benefactors is close to 5% too, I think. These statistics demand an explanation and I hope to blog on this. Did women fund the early church because it empowered them? Any thoughts on whether women benefactors of the church became relatively less frequent when the church became more sexist in the second century?<br /><br />I find it hard to decide what aspects of leadership were given to benefactors, but I have argued elsewhere that benefactors were afforded a lot of respect by the church.Richard Fellowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777460488456330838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1145831740549098642006-04-23T17:35:00.000-05:002006-04-23T17:35:00.000-05:00is gertrude serious?is gertrude serious?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1145810809372184642006-04-23T11:46:00.000-05:002006-04-23T11:46:00.000-05:00Maybe these patrons had a 'thing' for the church l...Maybe these patrons had a 'thing' for the church leaders. I know there are plenty of women who are attracted to church leaders just because of the role that they have. I have a friend who deliberately went out to 'bag' a vicar - and suceeded! I'm married to a clergyman and observe many women being extreemly flattered if he just talks to them.Gertrude the Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08140352271018463167noreply@blogger.com