PCA does not allow the ordination of women. ECO does.
PCA does not allow the ordination of women. ECO does.This is certainly an oversimplification, but it looks like PCA is similar to LCMS (Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod), while ECO is more like the newer LCMC (Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ) or the NALC (North American Lutheran Church).
Indeed. A quote from their website:
“However, the new Reformed body (NRB) is fully committed to God’s equal call on women and men in ministry and leadership, while the EPC leaves room for individual congregations to draw different conclusions on the issue. We don’t want to impose our convictions on the EPC, nor let the issue of women in ministry be a point of contention within the NRB.”
It’s laudable that they don’t want to impose the requirement of ordaining women on a denomination that doesn’t share that view. However, history has already taught us that “gender-neutrality” always ultimately leads to the endorsement of homosexual behavior eventually.