Women in Church

[~Shalhevet~]

Every day men are asking for help and advice on this forum, and some of that help and advice comes from women.

The men know this, yet they still ask and accept some of the advice from the women.

That doesn't mean the women are usurping authority from the men.

You cannot usurp something that is freely and willingly given.

It simply means that women are just as anointed as men to spread God's word to others.

I agree with you on this. Giving a man advice (as a woman) is not against doctrine. It actually supports doctrine, in that wives [women] are to be supportive of their husbands [men]. Advice is support not teaching.

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

Every day men are asking for help and advice on this forum, and some of that help and advice comes from women.

The men know this, yet they still ask and accept some of the advice from the women.

That doesn't mean the women are usurping authority from the men.

You cannot usurp something that is freely and willingly given.

It simply means that women are just as anointed as men to spread God's word to others.

I agree with you on this. Giving a man advice (as a woman) is not against doctrine. It actually supports doctrine, in that wives [women] are to be supportive of their husbands [men]. Advice is support not teaching.

Any time someone learns something, that means they have been taught something; no matter who they learned it from.

Many men learn from women who are not their wives.

[humbleseeker]

I was apart of a church for about a year and the pastors were couple, Although the wife did the preaching she was under the athourity of her husband her was in the background.

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

I was apart of a church for about a year and the pastors were couple, Although the wife did the preaching she was under the athourity of her husband her was in the background.

So, in this case the woman did NOT usurp authority over her husband

because he agreed to let her preach.

You cannot usurp or forcefully take something that is freely given.

I too use to attend a church that was Pastored by a man and his wife.

The wife preached often with her husband's blessing.

[OneLight]

Just because a man gave his blessings, that does not diminish what is given us in 1 Timothy 3 or Titus 1. Man can never trump God. The qualifications for those are to the men, not the women. Nowhere does it say to be the wife of one husband. Neither does scripture tells us that a woman is the head of the household, so when scripture tells us that the one called must "manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity ", they are talking about the man, not the woman.

As many have already given scripture and explanations, women are a true blessing to the Body of Christ and are held in very high esteem, yet they can not have authority over any man, not just the husband.

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

As many have already given scripture and explanations, women are a true blessing to the Body of Christ and are held in very high esteem, yet they can not have authority over any man, not just the husband.

Sorry, but back in the Old Testament days women were NOT held in high esteem.

They were treated very poorly and not just by their husbands.

[OneLight]

As many have already given scripture and explanations, women are a true blessing to the Body of Christ and are held in very high esteem, yet they can not have authority over any man, not just the husband.

Sorry, but back in the Old Testament days women were NOT held in high esteem.

They were treated very poorly and not just by their husbands.

Read the OT again. Even if you disagree, are we still in those times??

[Scarletprayers]

As many have already given scripture and explanations, women are a true blessing to the Body of Christ and are held in very high esteem, yet they can not have authority over any man, not just the husband.

Sorry, but back in the Old Testament days women were NOT held in high esteem.

They were treated very poorly and not just by their husbands.

Lets see..........the Bible is the living Word of God, God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, everything in scripture is God breathed and useful for teaching, yet your point would be what???? I just don't get it, people that supposedly love the word, yet ignore it or blame what they don't like as something man has done to the Bible. The Bible is explicit on the place of women in the "church" (which this board is not by the way) yet because it goes against the grain of so many people indoctrinated in the equality/womens lib junk the government has been stuffing down our throats for over 30 years, they refuse to see it or accept it, itching ears theology at its finest.

[~Shalhevet~]

As many have already given scripture and explanations, women are a true blessing to the Body of Christ and are held in very high esteem, yet they can not have authority over any man, not just the husband.

Sorry, but back in the Old Testament days women were NOT held in high esteem.

They were treated very poorly and not just by their husbands.

Lets see..........the Bible is the living Word of God, God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, everything in scripture is God breathed and useful for teaching, yet your point would be what???? I just don't get it, people that supposedly love the word, yet ignore it or blame what they don't like as something man has done to the Bible. The Bible is explicit on the place of women in the "church" (which this board is not by the way) yet because it goes against the grain of so many people indoctrinated in the equality/womens lib junk the government has been stuffing down our throats for over 30 years, they refuse to see it or accept it, itching ears theology at its finest.

Amen!

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

As many have already given scripture and explanations, women are a true blessing to the Body of Christ and are held in very high esteem, yet they can not have authority over any man, not just the husband.

Sorry, but back in the Old Testament days women were NOT held in high esteem.

They were treated very poorly and not just by their husbands.

Lets see..........the Bible is the living Word of God, God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, everything in scripture is God breathed and useful for teaching, yet your point would be what???? I just don't get it, people that supposedly love the word, yet ignore it or blame what they don't like as something man has done to the Bible. The Bible is explicit on the place of women in the "church" (which this board is not by the way) yet because it goes against the grain of so many people indoctrinated in the equality/womens lib junk the government has been stuffing down our throats for over 30 years, they refuse to see it or accept it, itching ears theology at its finest.

I understand that you don't agree with me, and that is fine.

However, you do not have to get snippy with your responses.

We disagree, and that is fine with me, but please do not question my love for God.

I do love God and His word.

And, in the eyes of God women are equal to men . . .

"Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons" (Acts 10:34).

That means God does not regard any one person more highly than the next.