Dr. Craig Keener at #usmbstudyconf "Women in Pastoral Ministry: An Egalitarian Perspective"
Bible believing Christians on either side of the issue often read only certain texts while ignoring others. Where does the biblical evidence point? The Bible has many prophetesses, some very prominent. (Miriam, Huldah, Deborah) Can women be apostles and prophets, but not pastor-teachers? But what do we do with the two texts that many take to prohibit women’s ministries? Paul cannot be mandating all kinds of silence. (i.e. no singing) It was customary for people to interrupt public lectures with questions. So Paul gives short and long range solutions Stop asking disruptive questions in church because you are unlearned. Ask your husbands at home The problem in Corinth is not that women are teaching, but that they are learning too loudly. Did you know 1 Timothy 2 is the only text in the Bible that prohibits women from teaching? Happens to be in the only series of letters where we specifically know that false teachers were targeting women with ...