The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Well if we're going to open THAT can...

...of worms, how about this? We've talked about Feminists and Women in Combat how about Women in Ministry?

That has been opened here several times in the past. However, you might benefit from reading the following 2 articles while you are waiting for others to reply. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Women as Office Bearers, by Wayne Grudem

Hermeneutics of Women in Ordained Office, Committee Report of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (1987)

No women in positions of authority and/or leadership.

That was easy!!!! LOL

While there's probably a pretty solid consensus about women as pastors and elders here on The Highway, I wonder how people feel about women teaching in mixed groups, such as Sunday School classes or seminars. Does Paul's prohibition of women teaching men (1 Timothy 2:12) apply to contexts where teachers do not exercise authority over men but merely disseminate information and facilitate discussion? Would it be sinful of me to want to attend a class led by Elizabeth Elliot, Mary Kassian, Martha Peace, Joni Erickson Tada, or Nancy Leigh DeMoss if they went to my church? What about female scholars teaching men in seminaries or Christian colleges?

And what about women and youth? At what point does a boy become a man? Should there be women teaching 12 -18 old boys/men (which is purely an arbitrary range) in the youth department? This may sound archaic but I don't think so.