culturally relevant or pretending?

Through another blog I read occasionally, I linked over to this blog...

ann pittman: i am looking for a new job

It was rather eye opening to see such disconnect between what a church advertises and what they practice when it comes to hiring "culturally relevant" ministers/preachers/pastors/etc. It seems many want the benefit of having someone who can connect with 21st century people, but in doing so they are caught up in a semi-denial of a cultural majority's impact in many places... and I'm talking about women. Sadly, it's still a hot-button issue among churches, where many would prefer to stick their heads' in the sand than deal with confronting it. At least in Ann's recent experience they admitted that they are making changes, albeit slowly.