I am assuming that this is going to the President of The Vision Forum, Inc. I am requesting to be removed from your mailing list. As a Christian, I believe in the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes and it is clear that your “Vision” and philosophy is quite the opposite. Thank you. —Walter S.

Dear Mr. S: We are happy to honor your request. Regarding your concerns: If by political, economic, and social equality of the sexes you mean the modern feminist view that there is no distinction of roles or division of labor between men and women, then you are correct — our vision is the opposite of that. We begin with the understanding that value and worth are separate concepts from jurisdictional duties and biblical hierarchies. We know of no difference in value between men and women. Furthermore, we believe that God is not a respecter of persons, which means male and female, rich and poor will be judged by the same law. Both are objects of God’s love, His grace, His wrath, His judgment, and His redemption.

As to the issue of jurisdiction, hierarchy, and division of labor: We stand with the Apostles in affirming the biblical teaching that woman is made for the man (and not the other way around); that man is declared by God to be the head of the woman who is to cherish woman as his own flesh, providing for her, protecting her, and leading her; that men are jurisdictional leaders at home, in the church, and in the gates, and that women are to be fruitful mothers and helpmeets to their husbands as keepers at home and skilled managers of the household economy on behalf of their husbands (Genesis 3; Proverbs 31; Titus 2; I Corinthians 11; Ephesians 5).