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NASB | 1 Timothy 2:12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 2:12 I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet [in the congregation]. |
Bible Question:
Ok, Steve (thanks for responding btw) So then no woman should be in a position to speak "over" (i.e. teach) ANY man? My mom is a Pastor, and while I love her and believe that she wholeheartedly believes that God has called her to be a Pastor, so many people take issue with it that I want to hear what others have to say and why. I myself have wholeheartedly believed things that I later learned (through the Holy Spirit or just from life experience) were not true. So I want us both to be in line with God s Word and His will. I just want to be right. My mom has been ordained by a wise and sweet man of God...is he too misinformed? There are men in my family who have been saved through my ministry and my mom s. I have been called by the Holy Spirit to be an Evangelist. I sing, I dance, I teach young boys and girls God s Word and His ways... At what age will I no longer be authorized to teach my male students? I will leave the question of the seemingly successful ministries of Joyce Meyers, Paula White and the like for another discussion... Could it be that IDEALLY, in a world where everyone complied with and acted out God s will, that God would want only adult male Pastors? Is it limited to just Pastors...or does 1 Tim 2:12 also eliminate the offices of Deaconness and Co-Pastor as well? Bottom line, I have on my heart to facilitate a new series of discussions, workshops and fellowship services for the Pastors in my hometown, who seem to have much less in common than fellow believers ought to. I believe the division of the leadership in our local churches has contributed profoundly to our local churches inability to effect true, lasting change for our community...we would be so much further ahead. |
Bible Answer: Hello HISROSEBUD15, My great-grandmother was ordained as a pastor in the Assenblies of God. I know very little of her ministry, but I know of the deterioration in the family through the following generations partially because of this role reversal. There is no mistaking that in the local church leadership is male. You cannot get away from this fact. As Searcher56 has mentioned, there is a whole world of pastoring women. This is a great and needful work. Let me also state that there is also a whole area of witnessing. There is nothing that prevents a woman from sharing the gospel with a man. At what age should you stop from teaching boys? Good question. In our own church it would be around age 12, but that's only a guideline. Steve |