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Women’s Ministry 6 – 1 Timothy 2:11-12
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1 Timothy 2:11,12 “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
Having dealt with the verse in Corinthians and discounted it as a possible second witness affirming the silence of women in churches, we are left with only one verse in the New Testament that can be quoted to curtail the orderly exercise of women’s ministry in the New Testament church.
Women’s Ministry 5 – 1 Corinthians 14:34,35
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The two main texts that appear to discredit women’s ministry are 1 Timothy 2:11,12 and 1 Corinthians 14:34,35. We will take these one by one and, in the light of the whole of Scripture, aim to supply the reader with an acceptable and sound interpretation of their actual meaning.
Women’s Ministry 4 – Women’s Ministry in the New Testament
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As we have witnessed there are numerous examples of women used of God as His mouthpiece in the Old Testament. Without prejudice, what would one then expect in the New? Joel prophesied a day, and it the day of grace when the Spirit is poured out, that both sons and daughters, servants and handmaidens would prophesy – speak in inspired utterance, preach under the anointing, declare the Word of the Lord (Joel 2).
Women’s Ministry 3: Women’s Ministry in the Old Testament
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Women ministered powerfully under the Old Covenant. How much more now under the New can we expect to see the power and grace of the gospel go forth through a company of female preachers!
Examples of women ministering under the Old Covenant
Consider the following examples from the Old Testament of mighty women of God, anointed by Him to lead, to prophesy and to represent Him publicly. As we do so, remember that the New Testament is a better covenant, and one that restored not one that stripped.
Women’s Ministry 2: God’s order in Creation – The Christian wife and mother
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Before we proceed in our study to more detailed discussion sof women’s ministry in the church, we are going to consider briefly God’s order as revealed in Eden, before the fall. In this we discover an equal partnership, as co-regents of creation, yet in divine order and function.
Women’s Ministry 1: What does the Bible say about women ministers?
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The area of women in ministry has long been one that has caused controversy and discussion. Certain scriptures, particularly in the Pauline letters, appear to bar women from certain roles in the life of the church. However, a broader look at women and ministry in the Scriptures reveals a much more liberated picture. We will be considering the Scriptural proof contending for a definite, sanctioned and anointed place for women to minister within the Body of Christ. Realising that a position contrary to this can be validated, we nevertheless choose to take the stand that there is neither male nor female in Christ, but a new creation, and that as such women are absolutely sanctioned by God in their anointing and leadership callings in Christ Jesus and to His Body.
