Women have been given three lists: Biblical Manhood and Womanhood P/1

In this post I will begin to address some issues related to the book Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, edited  by John Piper and Wayne A. Grudem

Both men have been involved in the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Professor Wayne A. Grudem has produced three lists of church activities totalling 83 positions in order to establish which functions are acceptable to women and which functions are not acceptable to women, at least according to him.

The reason he believes that certain positions in the church are not acceptable to women is because, according to him, Scripture tells us that there are some kinds of governing and teaching roles that are inappropriate for women.

My Comment:

Scripture does not have three lists comprising of 83 church activities in order to establish which functions are acceptable to women and which functions are not acceptable to women. The reason is that the Holy Spirit has never inspired any of the authors of the Scriptures to write such lists. The Holy Spirit did inspire the Apostle Paul to write four lists but they have not been given to exclude either men or women from functioning in any way in the church. On the contrary, they have been given to encourage all believers, be they male of female, to function in the church in accordance with their God-given gifts.

In the next posts we will look at these lists, one by one, and compare them with the three lists of Professor Wayne A. Grudem.

 

Read Part Two HERE