Are women still second-class citizens?

Camperdown Methodist Church
Women's Auxiliary Dedication service
9 February 2012, 09h30
Rev Steven Jones

Scripture reading: John 4: 7-30

Are women still regarded as second-class citizens in South Africa in 2012? And if so, what is the Church doing about it?

In the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, we read how discrimination based on race, religion, sexual orientation, and gender is prohibited. Yet today, many women are fighting to find their rightful place in a male-dominated world.This may seem like a strange message to be shared by someone who is male.

But I believe that the way in which we respect women reflects on the way in which we respect ourselves. And Jesus Himself gives us many examples of the high regard which He has for women. So let us have a look at the stereotypes that existed during Jesus’ time, and how Jesus’ attitude towards the woman at the well can be a lesson for us today.

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