You've captured this really well Alissa! You can appreciate how difficult it is for people to pull that thread of acknowledging how unessential the method of 2x2 ministry is. Everything unravels from there.
This is a great piece. I wonder about women preachers going on scant funds being a rare occurrence, though. I've talked with quite a few of them who left. Many of them experienced stark lack and lots of hoping that the next home would provide a "gift" for necessities. It actually answered my observation of some stationed in our area who seemed famished before they got to our place, if not coming immediately from another home.
You're assessment that this is an unhealthy lifestyle sounds about right to me. Frankly, regardless of the purity of his intentions, Irvine was a seminary dropout who improvised on the doctrine of another church, and used homeless preaching and worship in someone's house as his hook. I've wondered many times how things would have been different if Slick Willie finished seminary and got more basic theological instruction.
I wish we could hear from more sister workers, but even the ones who have left often are too scared to speak about their experiences. But that should tell us something.
And I'm also not so sure about the purity of Irvine's intentions. We may never know.
You've captured this really well Alissa! You can appreciate how difficult it is for people to pull that thread of acknowledging how unessential the method of 2x2 ministry is. Everything unravels from there.
That means a lot, coming from an ex-worker like yourself. It really does all unravel once you take a closer look.
This is a great piece. I wonder about women preachers going on scant funds being a rare occurrence, though. I've talked with quite a few of them who left. Many of them experienced stark lack and lots of hoping that the next home would provide a "gift" for necessities. It actually answered my observation of some stationed in our area who seemed famished before they got to our place, if not coming immediately from another home.
You're assessment that this is an unhealthy lifestyle sounds about right to me. Frankly, regardless of the purity of his intentions, Irvine was a seminary dropout who improvised on the doctrine of another church, and used homeless preaching and worship in someone's house as his hook. I've wondered many times how things would have been different if Slick Willie finished seminary and got more basic theological instruction.
I wish we could hear from more sister workers, but even the ones who have left often are too scared to speak about their experiences. But that should tell us something.
And I'm also not so sure about the purity of Irvine's intentions. We may never know.
This was such a good and important insight. Thx for sharing.