Interesting developments regarding women and The Gospel Coalition

Currently, membership on TGC's Council is said to be reserved for "pastors and qualified elders":

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/about/

"The Gospel Coalition’s Council is a collection of pastors and qualified elders who provide direction and leadership to TGC."

As you can see the Council of TGC USA is all male, including its Board and Emeritus members.

The Council of TGC Canada is also all male

The Council of TGC Brazil is likewise all male.

As is the Council of TGC Scandinavia.

Ditto the Council of TGC Español.

And the Council of TGC Africa too.

There are numerous officially sanctioned iterations of The Gospel Coalition for particular countries, regions, or languages.

And coming soon is TGC UK!

https://www.e-n.org.uk/uk-news/2026-01-mixed-response-to-gospel-coalition-uk-announcements/

"the launch of a Gospel Coalition in the UK is....planned sometime in 2026."

"TGC-UK’s initial 39-member council contains a number of high-profile names, including....35 men and four women."


And... in just the past few months TGC Australia has added a Board of Directors including three women, on its Council page.


Hmm...will this happen too with The Gospel Coalition USA?
Should be interesting, with so many of its Council members being Southern Baptist and/or affiliated with that Manhood/Womanhood outfit.

Jerome said:

There are numerous officially sanctioned iterations of The Gospel Coalition for particular countries, regions, or languages.

And coming soon is TGC UK!

https://www.e-n.org.uk/uk-news/2026-01-mixed-response-to-gospel-coalition-uk-announcements/

"the launch of a Gospel Coalition in the UK is....planned sometime in 2026."

"TGC-UK’s initial 39-member council contains a number of high-profile names, including....35 men and four women."


And... in just the past few months TGC Australia has added a Board of Directors including three women, on its Council page.


Hmm...will this happen too with The Gospel Coalition USA?
Should be interesting, with so many of its Council members being Southern Baptist and/or affiliated with that Christian Manhood/Womanhood outfit.

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The Bible clearly states that a woman should not teach men, which would exclude them from being pastors.

Being on an advisory board of directors seems to be okay.

Have you ever been pastored by a woman or seen a female pastor preach?

What they say may sound good, but the role seems unnatural to me.

Ascetic X said:

The Bible clearly states that a woman should not teach men, which would exclude them from being pastors.

Being on an advisory board of directors seems to be okay.

Have you ever been pastored by a woman or seen a female pastor preach?

What they say may sound good, but the role seems unnatural to me.

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Scripture doesn’t really address “ability” when it comes to women in leadership roles (pastor/elders) in the church.

I have heard women speak at conferences and in churches and have been edified.

The prohibition of women as Pastors/ elders, is based on God’s created order, found in Genesis.

Peace to you

Ascetic X said:

The Bible clearly states that a woman should not teach men, which would exclude them from being pastors.

Being on an advisory board of directors seems to be okay.

Have you ever been pastored by a woman or seen a female pastor preach?

What they say may sound good, but the role seems unnatural to me.

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These were my thoughts. All sorts of positions of leadership for women in ministry settings; the only thing the SBC (or I) take exception to are women being in ordained, pastoral positions.

Aside from this, they can sit on whatever advisory board they desire. They can and do teach in seminaries and I have said this before but it bears repeating, some have forgotten more theology than I will ever know!

I would even entertain the idea of a women serving as deacons or even on the board of trustees - with certain qualifiers in place of course.

A female in a pastoral role is in open rebellion against God as far as I am concerned you may feel free to tell them I said so.

The problem with The Gospel Coalition is not women in leadership but that the leadership is slipping more and more into wokeism and liberal theology! If they brought women into leadership who would actually reverse this trend, I would consider this a good thing.