In the final episode of the Men, Women & Gospel series, pastors Ashley Mathews and Isaiah DeVyldere respond to five questions submitted by listeners:
- What is the relationship between this view of women leading in the church and human sexuality?
- How were maleness and femaleness understood in Genesis? And should that inform how we understand it today?
- What are the implications of Paul's call to mutual submission for marriages today?
- Why were Paul's requirements for elders and deacons gender normative? Or were they?
- If they were women leading in the early church after Pentecost, why do we not see a continuation of women leading in the church historically?
Biblical references:
- Genesis 2
- Ephesians 5:21
- 1 Timothy 2:5,6, 3:4
Other works referenced:
- Click HERE for a visual illustration of how male “headship” is taught in some Christian contexts (in contradiction to 1 Timothy 2:5,6).
- The quote from Linda L. Belleville is from chapter one of the book Two Views on Women in Ministry published by Zondervan.
- The Patient Ferment of the Early Church: The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire by Alan Kreider
- The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries by Rodney Stark
Episode 121