There are a few women who are apart of the church in the local assembly I attend that wear pants... I don't agree with it, but it's not for me to say, they're not under my authority, and it's not for my pastor to say, they're not under his authority. He has the authority to preach the word, and if and when he teaches on
Deut. 22:5 (for example), the pant wearing women interpret it as, "Well, I won't wear a man's garment like men's jeans, I'll buy women's jeans." there's really nothing else we can do. Unless a women asks another sister, or a brother (although that would be strange and innappropriate) why most women in our assembly choose not to wear pants, then someone may share the application in their life of the command to dress in a gender-appropriate way. You know, though, it's great to not have to worry about what a woman covers her legs with! The UPC should do the same, rather than be a skirt-preaching group, or a "pants are ok"-preaching group, just let the assembly's pastor preach holiness as is appropriate in the culture and locale he finds himself in, give him elders to be accountable to, make sure the leadership and their wives and children display a good example, and things will be fine. In my assembly it's a 90/10 break for skirts to pants for women, and the 10 are just not convinced or convicted, and that's fine. It's far better than having things be secretive in the UPC church and then see a sister at Walmart in a pair of pants- and she sings on the platform no less!
GOD BLESS!
Bro. Alex
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