The Woman's Role In The Church

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l and merely reflected the influence of the patriarchal culture in which he lived. Since America is no longer a patriarchal culture and women have moved into other professions previously populated only by men, such as medicine and law, surely there is no problem with women breaking the "glass ceiling" in the church and becoming ordained ministers.


B. Complementarian:
Men and women are equal in dignity and worth, though women are subordinate to their husbands and barred from holding offices in the church of leadership over men.
God has laid down certain guidelines in His Word that govern the use of gifts and talents and the roles of men and women in the church and home. After all, the Author and Giver of the gifts certainly should know the best way those gifts should be used and be able to order the way in which they are to be used.
Many of the boundaries given for exercising gifts are given to both sexes. Others are specifically given to men or specifically to women. Scripture clearly teaches that God has given men and women equally valuable but differing roles in which to operate to accomplish His work here on earth. To disregard the pattern He has set forth in Scripture is to disregard the Designer of life Himself and to assume that we somehow know better than he how to accomplish His work here on earth.
In 1 Timothy 2:12, Paul clearly states that women are not to teach men or to exercise authority over men in a church setting. Why not? Because of the leader/helper relationship God originally designed. Paul says in verse 13, "For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve." Secondly, he says, it was Eve who was deceived and fell into transgression, not Adam, thus indicating again the damage that can be done by upsetting the male headship balance in the marriage relationship (http://www.ars-rhetorica.net/David/Failure.html).
II. Preferred View
The Com...