Women Pastors?

[Tea]

There’s been an ongoing discussion within the Southern Baptist Convention about the question of whether women should be permitted to serve as pastors in churches.

1 Timothy 2:12 (ESV)
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

Most Baptists and conservative evangelicals understand this passage to mean that women are not allowed to take a position of authority over a man in the church. Others interpret it as meaning that a woman could serve as a pastor if male leadership granted her that authority.

Which view is correct, and why?

 

[Scarlett O.]

I believe that men should be pastors over a church, but not because men are better in any way, shape, or form than women. You know - intellectually, spiritually, physically, morally, etc.

There's my thought and I won't be back to this thread as this topic gets kind of......hurtful.

Discuss away.

 

[Reynolds]

There’s been an ongoing discussion within the Southern Baptist Convention about the question of whether women should be permitted to serve as pastors in churches.

1 Timothy 2:12 (ESV)
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

Most Baptists and conservative evangelicals understand this passage to mean that women are not allowed to take a position of authority over a man in the church. Others interpret it as meaning that a woman could serve as a pastor if male leadership granted her that authority.

Which view is correct, and why?

How can you be a pastor who does not teach?

 

[Tea]

How can you be a pastor who does not teach?

Some believe there is a loophole that could allow the male leadership to grant a woman the authority to teach.

Priscilla did teach other women and children; the problem lies in a woman taking the authority for herself in a church setting. However, if the men allow it, she could also teach the men as well.

 

[xlsdraw]

Some believe there is a loophole that could allow the male leadership to grant a woman the authority to teach.

Priscilla did teach other women and children; the problem lies in a woman taking the authority for herself in a church setting. However, if the men allow it, she could also teach the men as well.

There are no loopholes in the Word of God. There are, however, plenty who rebel against the Word of God.