No!!!
toldailytopic: Women preaching from the pulpit. Is it wrong?
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No!!!
Well good then. I just had to get that out.
Always glad to hear from you, Sky even if we don't totally agree...Which we do 99% of the time...Amen!!!
elohiym
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Isn't the context of Paul's statement about asking questions that specifically might disrupt the meeting?
"And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church."
What else can she be if there are no men around?
I would say that applies in both the local church service and the meeting of the church called by the elders.
True for the single head of the household. I should have clarified.
There's always Melissa Scott, but she makes it hard to stay focused on the message
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjfur9elFYs
She has a lovely face, but she's a bit skinny for my tastes. She needs to start going to the all you can eat buffet after church each week.
Oh no....you got banned already? :jawdrop:
Man......there goes half my fun.
The only reason I wanted to clarify my understanding is because it isn't possible for a woman to be totally silent at a regular church service and be involved in any capacity with a ministry.
Well I guess it's possible but I don't believe it is Biblical to say that women can't speak AT ALL in a regular church service. I guess she should have permission from her husband (if she is married) and the elder in charge if she speaks on behalf of a ministry or something related to the church.
I totally agree with that 100%
elohiym
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Okay. Well, nobody, neither man nor woman, typically interrupts a sermon to ask questions. Indeed, if a man even did it these days, he'd get a look from the congregation members. There is a cultural context to what Paul was saying, and I don't believe that is clear to us.
elohiym
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Then it cannot be the rule you imagine.
I've never attended a church yet, where women were in total silence. I don't think Paul meant that women should remain 100% silent before and after the service. Just during the service. It's a tough one to follow, cause men and women, husbands and wife's talk back and forth during, before and after the service...
I think you see that there are some distinctions. The one people often miss is that the metting of the church is different from the regular church service but not by that much.
That's true
Well if women were held to that standard in a regular church service that they could not speak at all. Not even a whisper then it wouldn't be very inviting to others, seekers, who don't understand the distinction. Although the women who do understand and respect a certain level of understanding can practice what they know to be Biblical. The elders (male as the Bible teaches) should always maintain control of the pulpit and the metting of the church.
It depends. Is it Shelli? Then yes...we have a problem.
1 Timothy 2:12
Women are not to teach men. Women are not to teach men. Are women to teach men? Nope.