Latino church leaders are spread across the spectrum on the issue of women in ministry leadership. The conservative stances are influenced by a culture that has rigid definitions of male and female roles in society and the church. On the other hand, because of the strong Latino Pentecostal presence, which historically has put considerable weight on anointing to confirm God's will, there are many high-profile women pastors and evangelists. Machismo has infiltrated our churches. We need to get rid of it.
Women have to wake up and claim their place.
In a seemingly contradictory stance, however, it was Rousseau who, using the Pentecostal stance that the body should let the Spirit raise the leaders, effectively undercut LaFontaine's proposal that AMEN commit to naming a woman vice president. Several male leaders also defended the rightness of women leaders. The prowomen leadership advocates do provide a Latino twist to their approach. The world is already overmasculinized-we don't want to add to that. If amen does not address this issue, it has no future.