Women are allowed lesser authority: Biblical Manhood and Womanhood P/5

                                                      Read Part One HERE

In this post I will compare Professor Wayne A. Grudem's lists of 83 church activities with a list of activities the Apostle Paul wrote to the Church in Ephesus about as inspired by the Holy Spirit. This list can be found in Ephesians 4:11.

Professor Wayne A. Grudem has said the following:

Scripture teaches some restrictions on the roles women may fill in the Church. Generally these restrictions fall into three areas:

1. Governing authority.

2. Bible teaching.

3. Public recognition or visibility.


There are three lists of activities:

In List 1, I proceed from areas of greater governing authority to areas of lesser authority.

In List 2, I proceed from areas of greater public recognition and visibility to areas of lesser visibility.

In List 3, I proceed from greater public recognition and visibility to areas of lesser visibility.


My Comment:

The job descriptions mentioned in these three lists comprise of a total of 83 positions in the church in order to establish which functions are acceptable to women and which functions are not acceptable to women.

We will now compare these lists of church activities with a list of church activities the Apostle Paul wrote about in Ephesians 4:11 as inspired by the Holy Spirit

It was He (Christ) who gave some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be Evangelists and some to be Pastors and Teachers.

The above list of does not specifically mention that these people are only men since, apparently, Christ, has not made a distinction between male and female believers when appointing these people.

 

Read Part Six HERE