"What The Bible Says About Women Preachers."
Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2011
by revruc1
Sugarwood Christian Community Church
I was asked what I thought about "Women Preachers" on Facebook?
1 Timothy 2:12 is not a blanket rule for all women of all churches. If it were, then the women could not speak at all, for the same verse that tells them not to teach also tells them to be silent.
If all women had to keep silent in church, then that would be promoting disobedience to God, for they could not prophesy, pray, testify, sing, exhort, do personal work, or even get saved.
This is the chief verse that is used to oppose women preaching and yet it says nothing about preaching, nor does it say anything about a public worship or church service. But, on the contrary, this verse is giving instructions to wives as to how they were to conduct themselves in regard to their husband. Paul says in 1 Cor.14: 35, "And if they will LEARN anything, let them ask their husbands at home." Now he states in 1 Tim. 2:12 that the woman should learn in silence, and should not usurp authority over the man. Paul is dealing with more of a home problem than a church problem.
This verse still applies to us today. It is wrong for a woman to usurp authority over her husband (in church, home, or any place else), as was the case in Paul's day. She should not try to teach him or speak words that would cause discord and confusion, but should rather be silent and in subjection to her husband.
It is also to be understood that if anyone, whether man or woman, is usurping authority over the God-given leadership of the church, she or he is to be silent, and not to teach, or act in such a way that would create discord in the assembly. Some have used Titus 1:6-7, "If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children ... ", but there is a difference between a preacher and a bishop. For I was an Evangelist and now am a Pastor, but I am not a Bishop (Overseer), and most Pastors are not.
If God called a single man with no children to be a Bishop, as Paul was, surely this verse is not opposed to it, nor would this scripture oppose a woman Bishop if she were called of God for the work, as was Deborah. What this verse does teach is that a person who is to be a Bishop must not have two living companions, either husbands or wives.
The Bible often speaks of "man" when it refers to both men and women inclusively. The word "mankind" also includes both men and women. For an example of this word usage see 1 Cor. 13: 1 - "Though I speak with the tongues of MEN and angels ... " This word "MEN" includes women as well, for we do not have one language for men and another for women.
Dr Clarence Rucker, Jr
Thee Bishop
Author of: “Heaven At Its Best”
www.sugarwoodchristiancenterintl.org
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