the "covering doctrine"

When I first began to blog, my intent was to write about the things that I was processing in my mind, hence the title "Musings of a Jesus Follower". I usually do not post things other people write. However I recently read a great article on one of the faulty foundations that the church world promotes. Almost since it inception, the institutional church has held to a doctrine of "covering".

While I strongly believe that we need to learn the principle of submission in order to be trusted with authority, the teaching on covering has more to do with control than anything else. I came across a great article about covering and authority. It is rather lengthy but it is worth the time needed to read. Feel free to comment on the article here.

It is found at the following location:

http://www.greatsouthland.org/pages/covering.html