Subject: can a woman be a pastor? |
Bible Note: Hello Warrior Prince, All of the examples you cited show what women may do. But they do not address whether a woman may be a Pastor. A Pastor is a Shepherd, and a Shepherd is an Elder. The qualifications are clear: he must be the husband of one wife. I'm sure you don't mean to add to the Word so I point you to the qualifications for Pastors in Titus 1 and 1 Timothy 3. The Apostle Paul said women are not to teach or exercise authority over a man: because the woman [Eve] was deceived. Paul wasn't talking about a cultural thing of his day, instead he was laying down a spiritual principle that exist even today: male spiritual leadership. You are right, God is not a respector of persons, but God made male and female unique with their respective roles. Neither man or woman can hope to be saved when they tamper with these things. I respectfully say, a woman may not be the Preacher of a congregation, she may not be a Pastor either. A woman can teach the lost, she may serve in a multitude of ways, she may teach other women and children, but she is not to teach the men in the church. That's man's work. No offense is intended. Good day. |