Conclusion Perhaps a healthy thought would be to consider that like Priscilla in Acts 18:26, that the church’s best interest is served when men and women serve and even guide and lead together. Certainly, even if a team of men or a man lead a church, their wives and the women in other roles of…Continue reading Women’ Roles in Ministry – Part IV
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Women’s Roles in Ministry – Part III
So that works as a transition to women in an elder role: The church I am in right now doesn’t have anyone with the title “elder” – but we have a leadership board and we ask the church to select them based on the traits listed in I Timothy 3. This is the decision making…Continue reading Women’s Roles in Ministry – Part III
Women’s Roles in Ministry – Part II
We can start with women as deacons: The main passage that people reference in saying that women should not be in the role of deacon are found in the letters to his younger protégé’s Timothy and Titus in the criteria listed . For example: I Timothy 3:12 “Let deacons each be the husband of one…Continue reading Women’s Roles in Ministry – Part II
Women’s Roles in Ministry – Part I
Women in Ministry Right now, I am the Lead Pastor at a church that allows and encourages women in roles that some other churches do not. Women can serve as deacons, as teachers in a co-ed Life Group, members of the Leadership Board (the main decision making board of the church), can be licensed as…Continue reading Women’s Roles in Ministry – Part I