Do yall believe a woman can preach. Not like Sunday school. I mean hold a full time ministers position. Or does woman shall keep quit in church and not hold any authority over man mean just that?

Women can preach. Study the times and why Paul said what he said and to whom he said it, and you will see that it was not an admonition against women declaring God's word to the Church at large for all time.

I believe men are more capable than women in leadership positions (Presidents as well). Look at what removing men from the homes has done to our culture. Absent of a Father, a young teenage boy will find it harder to learn to yield to authority. But there were times when bold, Godly men were hard to find in the Bible and God used women (Deborah). I think women can preach, but I believe that just as Paul recommended in Timothy that deacons and overseers are men, Pastors should be men.

Read 1 Timothy chapter 3, and decide for yourself. You might also read 1 Corinthians 14:34. Goes against what is popular these days but there it is. The question is: Are we gona go by the bible or what is popular these days.

The popular reason is why I asked. I know the answer according to what the bible says. But just wondered how many have turned to popularity and politically correct?

I believe the bible. It hits me pretty hard sometimes too. Nevertheless it is the word of God.

Then why aren't you slaughtering lambs? The reason you aren't,even though God ordered it,is because it only applied to that group of people for that specific time. If you take time to find out why Paul said what he did about women keeping silent,you will find that is is the same kind of situation.

I've never studied this in depth.

RHC...can you elaborate or give an overview of your findings about what Paul said and why?

I believe the bible even when it goes against what I would like to see happen. If any scripture didn't apply to me, it would not be in there. I believe its all still good. The different books were written to different groups of people going through different things at different times. So where's the part written for us. I believe all of it was.

p.s. If God told me to slaughter a lamb, I'd be headed to the sheepherders house. Probably make the news the next day

Women can preach in the church. Some of yall need to do some basic study on the background and context of the scriptures yall just throw around. The passage in 1 Cor 14 refers to a problem they were having in the church at Corinth at the time it was written.At that time the women and men were seated seperatly in the sanctuary and the women were yelling out during the reading of the scripture asking their husbands for explanation therefore creating confusion and disorder. Paul was addressing that specific situation and that situation only. That scripture has been used to hold women out of ministry for a long time. Now I do believe that scripture shows that God created a DIVINE order in the family. Husband, wife and then children. The husband is the HEAD of the family. That doesnt mean he dominates His wife and kids, It means like Jesus he pours out His life and sacrifices for them and is RESPONSIBLE for them and all that goes on in his household. ( Ephesians 5:25-31

How many women did Jesus call to be one of the 12 Disciples? This is just to add to the discussion!

The answer to that would be none as we all know. What does that have to do with women ministers?

Our pastor down at the FBC says that not only are women expressly forbidden from preaching/pastoring, but only MARRIED men can be deacons -- not even men who are single lifelong bachelors!! He says that Paul purposefully wrote that deacons were to be husbands of one wife and thus must be married.

I knew the answer to the question about the Disciples. I just used it to make a point. In all of the times in Scripture that Jesus calls people to leadership positions, he calls men.

In the book "Why Men Hate Going to Church," The author's point is that men hate going because it's this overly feminine place. Think of the Decorations, Praise Teams, etc... Men follow men, women follow men. It's really not the other way around.

Galatians 3:28 says there is neither male nor female in Christ. God spoke through a donkey in Numbers 22:21-39. If God used a donkey as his mouthpiece, I'd assume he'd use a woman if he wanted to. Who knows? It may have been a male donkey. Ha!

To be honest, it matters not to me. I'll be the first to say that the more I learn about God, the more I realize just how little I do know.

I get it. I've read just about every book on mens ministry out there. I understand God made men to lead, I agree that the church is overly feminized. The reason for that in my OPINION is because men have left their true calling of God to lead their families and churches and the women have stepped in to fill that role. I still see no biblical New Testament example where God expressively states without exception where a woman is disqualified from serving as a minister.

I guess Jesus could not be a deacon. The "husband of one wife" could be a spinoff thread too.

To top it off, Paul wasn't married either. Read I Corinthians 7:1-9. Lol! I think he was referring to being married, divorced, and remarried.

What about in Timothy where Paul was telling him the qualifications of officers in the church. Are the qualifications still the same or did God change his mind somewhere along the line and forget to tell us. I'm assuming "the church" is still "the church". I've never read in the word of God where it explains the scripture I referred to in Corinthians. Maybe I'm wrong, but I tend to side with the Bible when there is a conflict between it and any other book. I'm afraid one might twist scripture to fit their own agenda so I read the Bible, believe the Bible and depend on the spirit to show me the truth. These are my convictions and when I go before the Lord one day I will say "yes Lord, I believed every word of it, without question or doubt".