Write a Case Study Analysis on Edna .
Edna is a thirty year old woman who has been faithfully waiting for God to open the door and reveal to her who she should marry. Waiting is becoming difficult as she has seen most of her friends marry and begin the journey of parenthood. Edna is feeling anxious about why God is taking so long and does not understand why He is not delivering when she has been so pious and her prayers have been so fervent. She has dedicated her life to serving her local church and wants to trust that God will bring someone into her life. Case Study 2. You are on the staff of a medium size church in an Australian urban setting. Your senior pastor is a mature man with many years’ experience in ministry, and you greatly respect him as a mentor. You enjoy being part of the ministry team, which you think has a good balance of men and women, and some mature folk as well as some great younger “movers and shakers.” Recently however, the leadership team has been discussing the issue which is in all the media – the redefinition of marriage. Conversations centre on the question of how a possible legal redefinition of marriage might affect your church. Some on the ministry team are quite concerned about this, others haven’t really thought much about it. The younger team members seem to be of the mind that it’s inevitable, and the church needs to “do more” to reach out to the LGBTI community. But the team doesn’t seem to be able to agree on how to do that. At home around the dinner table, your children also bring the issue up. One of them (a teenager) says she has a transgender friend and a gay friend at school, that people are born that way, and it’s not fair to deny marriage to same sex attracted couples.Another of your children says, “But hang on, what does the Bible say?” The teenagers begin to squabble at the table, and your spouse looks at you to deal with this. You are also aware your primary school aged children are wide-eyed and listening. In your analysis of this case study, please address how you would approach the church side of things, as well as your own family situation.
