Is it a sin for women to preach?

[chloe_fantastic]

My advice would be to pray about it. Pray that if it be His will you leave, that He'd direct you to the church He wants you in. Then just be open to His leading. This is just my opinion, but I'd say continuing where you are now until God shows you where He wants you to move to would be preferable to not going anywhere.

[MarieAnne]

Yes..I do think that staying until God tells you otherwise is the best thing.

 

As for women preachers...I honestly believe that God calls both men and women.  That many times a man will NOT step into the place God wants and so He uses a willing women.  We have so much to share and learn and give. Culture now is much different than in Jesus's times.  And often times we are hampered by not knowing the culture of that day and the original language translation.  What was clear then is muddied many times by misunderstanding and having to translate from a rich and complex language like Hebrew and Greek to a very clumsy language of English.

[thaliquelle]

I agree with Willimina too. I think it's biblical for men to provide leadership and teaching in church. There may come times when this isn't possible but as a blanket rule, in a mixed congregation, men should take the lead. There are many different ways in which women can be actively involved in ministry though; to women, children, etc. Where I am, there is a yearly conference held for women. All the organising, leadership and teaching is done by women. When you're talking about an audience who is exclusively female, I don't see there being any problem if the person delivering the teaching is another woman. I don't know what others might about that?

[rjp34652]

Hello everyone :-)

So I've had this question for awhile & always asked but I still don't feel comfortable with what other people have told me for some reason. I am a woman so of course I would prefer if the answer was no but I want to know the truth, i don't want to be deceived.

The bible says:

1 Corinthians 14:34

The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

1 Corinthians 14:35

If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

1 Timothy 2:12

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

Among other passages.

Is Paul & Timothy only talking to specific people in their time, or to specific churches that where going through trouble or is this for everybody today also? I always feel the urge to speak about God & tell the whole world about Him but now i'm not even sure if I should do that, also at church I love to participate during the bible studies, i'm even the kid's Sunday school teacher, & my pastor is a woman (we have other pastors in the church but she's the main pastor).so can somebody help me? Thank you so much. GOD bless you guys!!!

 

Two words;

 

Kathryn Kuhlman

[Littlelambseativy]

It was explained to me that at the time of the early church, men sat in front and women in the back or on one side. The speaker would speak to the men and the women could not always hear what was said and would call out to their husbands, " What did he say?". So Paul made the comment that women should be silent!

[enoob57]

I believe that if you study the culture of the time, you will have more of an understanding. Learn how the synagogue was arranged, where women and children stayed and the men sat.  How communication between the wife and husband would had to be done.  It is nothing like church today.

However change in culture does not negate the reason for all of this

1Cor 11:1-15 God is explaining the reasoning of His priorities... Love, Steven

[enoob57]

Hello everyone :-)

So I've had this question for awhile & always asked but I still don't feel comfortable with what other people have told me for some reason. I am a woman so of course I would prefer if the answer was no but I want to know the truth, i don't want to be deceived.

The bible says:

1 Corinthians 14:34

The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

1 Corinthians 14:35

If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

1 Timothy 2:12

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

Among other passages.

Is Paul & Timothy only talking to specific people in their time, or to specific churches that where going through trouble or is this for everybody today also? I always feel the urge to speak about God & tell the whole world about Him but now i'm not even sure if I should do that, also at church I love to participate during the bible studies, i'm even the kid's Sunday school teacher, & my pastor is a woman (we have other pastors in the church but she's the main pastor).so can somebody help me? Thank you so much. GOD bless you guys!!!

 

Two words;

 

Kathryn Kuhlman

Kathryn Kuhlman was a wacko... Her theology was not of the Bible! Love, Steven

[He giveth more grace]

Two words;

 

Kathryn Kuhlman

But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

That verse is true of other things as well, like me I'm OK with Miss Kuhlman, though I am aware of the vitriol that out there of her, I don't believe that you post is vitriol, Steaven.

[enoob57]

You shall know them by their fruit... Nearly her whole of ministry was

uplifting the Holy Spirit/ yet /the whole of The Holy Spirit ministry

is in the individual life to magnify Jesus The Christ and prove Him by

The written Word! Love, Steven

[He giveth more grace]

You shall know them by their fruit... Nearly her whole of ministry wasuplifting the Holy Spirit/ yet /the whole of The Holy Spirit ministryis in the individual life to magnify Jesus The Christ and prove Him byThe written Word! Love, Steven

Received and placed in my spiritual library. Even the choicest vessels in God's house may be marred, we are still flesh. I am not disallowing what you wrote, at all. Lord teach us all.