Have you ever wanted to comment after reading a very well-written article but knew the space allowed for your comment would be insufficient? What if you disagreed with the author’s perspective? What did you do?
I have the utmost respect for the author and therefore felt he was due more than a “with all due respect” preamble before an opposing point of view was listed in the comments. This article is a result of my respect for him and my steadfast, unmovable Biblical Perspective on Women in the Ministry.
I have a ministry but it is not a ‘pulpit’ ministry. It is operational outside of the church’s walls but intricately woven into the fabric of Christianity. The ministry is a faith-based ministry, whose sole purpose is to provide a safe, loving residential setting for troubled teenage girls, who may or may not be pregnant. If they are pregnant and make the decision to parent their child, the same safe and loving care to their child is provided.
I come from three generations of women ministers. Naturally, they were not silent in the church. Apostle Paul’s first letter written to the Corinthians in Chapter 15, verses 34 and 35, is given from four translations: King James, Amplified, Contemporary English and Young’s Literal Translation Bibles.
1 Corinthians 14:34-35 :: King James Version (KJV)
34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.
35 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.
1 Corinthians 14:34-35 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)
34 The women should keep quiet in the churches, for they are not authorized to speak, but should take a secondary and subordinate place, just as the Law also says.
35 But if there is anything they want to learn, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to talk in church [for her to usurp and exercise authority over men in the church].
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