Women In Clergy
Esther Grace Crabb College Prep Comp per.3 Winter of 2012 Dec 9. Women in Clergy
People continue to wage a battle over whether or not women should be in the clergy. A pastor’s role is a lot like that of general. A general is responsible for the overall strategy and well fare of an entire army. It’s a fact that men are better suited for positions like that, while women are more suited for managerial type positions. It is easy for the human nature to try and fit scripture into the mold of what we wished the Bible said, instead of just taking it the way it is. People shouldn’t make it a matter of division but more of whether there is a right or wrong to it. …show more content…
Some people are concerned with putting women at the pulpit because they are afraid it will lead to more men being disaffiliated with church. Regardless of the impact of female clergy have on the male church population, women clergy have an ability to attract those who may not usually be affiliated with religion. Openness is something that is often sought after in the church and women are more likely to have that ability then men are. But having an open female pastor is still not as good as having a male pastor even if you use the argument that he isn’t open enough. Although throughout the Bible women play important roles in leading it doesn’t mean women are not be over men in all …show more content…
For the overseer must be above reproach as God's steward..." Clearly the role of deacons, pastors and elders were meant for the male population. Deacons which are like elders or pastors were meant to exhort in sound doctrine and refute those who contradict. We see no command for the deacons to be women. Women are told to be "dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things,"(1 Tim.3:11). It is all a part of the created order God created at the beginning of time. Men are not as fallible as women are when it comes to these type of positions, and they handle way better than women under
People continue to wage a battle over whether or not women should be in the clergy. A pastor’s role is a lot like that of general. A general is responsible for the overall strategy and well fare of an entire army. It’s a fact that men are better suited for positions like that, while women are more suited for managerial type positions. It is easy for the human nature to try and fit scripture into the mold of what we wished the Bible said, instead of just taking it the way it is. People shouldn’t make it a matter of division but more of whether there is a right or wrong to it. …show more content…
Some people are concerned with putting women at the pulpit because they are afraid it will lead to more men being disaffiliated with church. Regardless of the impact of female clergy have on the male church population, women clergy have an ability to attract those who may not usually be affiliated with religion. Openness is something that is often sought after in the church and women are more likely to have that ability then men are. But having an open female pastor is still not as good as having a male pastor even if you use the argument that he isn’t open enough. Although throughout the Bible women play important roles in leading it doesn’t mean women are not be over men in all …show more content…
For the overseer must be above reproach as God's steward..." Clearly the role of deacons, pastors and elders were meant for the male population. Deacons which are like elders or pastors were meant to exhort in sound doctrine and refute those who contradict. We see no command for the deacons to be women. Women are told to be "dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things,"(1 Tim.3:11). It is all a part of the created order God created at the beginning of time. Men are not as fallible as women are when it comes to these type of positions, and they handle way better than women under