Theo 202 Week 2 Research Paper
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THEO 202-BO7 LUO
Essay on the Role of Women in the Church A friend of mines name Mary wanted to become more involved in her church’s ministries. But before she would commit, she had a few questions about a woman’s role in the church. In these next few paragraphs, I will attempt to help answer her questions about what is the proper role for a woman and what service she is able to get involved in as a female member. An elder or a presbyter had a large role in the New Testament church, along with the apostles, prophets, and teachers. They were associated with the Jerusalem church leaders and they was to be in charge of oversight of the church as shepherds and they was also responsible for teaching and preaching at the local level. A deacon as found in …show more content…
But there are still those that like to use passages like the verses in 1 Timothy 2:11-15 as a law against women serving in church or holding a position. But if these verses are read correctly you will see that woman play a vital part in the ministry of the church. The verse also states to not suffer a woman to teach, so what would our Sunday schools be like with women or what would the women ministry be like without the older women teaching our young women. And also think about the role that women play when church ministry goes out on the mission field. Yes in Ephesians states that the woman should be submissive to their husband, but these scriptures put more of the responsibility of the man to love the woman as Jesus loved the church. As stated in Galatians 3:28, Christ sees man and woman as equal, so why would man try to put limitations on the woman. The same goes for the work place, which woman are so bluntly looked over for positions by men. If a woman has the qualification and the abilities to performed the job, then she must be giving the same opportunities as the man does, to work in that
THEO 202-BO7 LUO
Essay on the Role of Women in the Church A friend of mines name Mary wanted to become more involved in her church’s ministries. But before she would commit, she had a few questions about a woman’s role in the church. In these next few paragraphs, I will attempt to help answer her questions about what is the proper role for a woman and what service she is able to get involved in as a female member. An elder or a presbyter had a large role in the New Testament church, along with the apostles, prophets, and teachers. They were associated with the Jerusalem church leaders and they was to be in charge of oversight of the church as shepherds and they was also responsible for teaching and preaching at the local level. A deacon as found in …show more content…
But there are still those that like to use passages like the verses in 1 Timothy 2:11-15 as a law against women serving in church or holding a position. But if these verses are read correctly you will see that woman play a vital part in the ministry of the church. The verse also states to not suffer a woman to teach, so what would our Sunday schools be like with women or what would the women ministry be like without the older women teaching our young women. And also think about the role that women play when church ministry goes out on the mission field. Yes in Ephesians states that the woman should be submissive to their husband, but these scriptures put more of the responsibility of the man to love the woman as Jesus loved the church. As stated in Galatians 3:28, Christ sees man and woman as equal, so why would man try to put limitations on the woman. The same goes for the work place, which woman are so bluntly looked over for positions by men. If a woman has the qualification and the abilities to performed the job, then she must be giving the same opportunities as the man does, to work in that