Dr. Dan Doriani at #usmbstudyconf "Women in Pastoral Ministry: A Complementarian Perspective"
The status of the question The level of disagreement on principles The level of disagreement on conclusions A preliminary impression: In Scripture, women do all sorts of things, but not everything. They occasionally serve as judges, prophetesses, and help start churches. But men, not women are monarchs, priests, apostles, church planters, and elders. Elders/overseers are male-the husband of one wife (1 Tim. 3:2; Titus 1:6) 3 Ministries of women in OT (selected) Miriam with Moses-leading women in worship Huldah-vital counsel for Josiah in a crisis Pattern: They lead beside men, give private counsel, but we don’t see public proclamations Women declared truths of Scripture. Miriam, Hannah, Esther, Anna. Case study Abigail 1 Sam. 25 Women strategically collaborate with Paul in early churches-Romans 16, Junias, Priscilla Jesus called women to discipleship, but chose twelve male apostles. Jesus reversed expectations for women. Learning over food prep-Luke 10...