WOMEN IN MINISTRY - WRONG BIBLICAL PERCEPTION

WOMEN IN MINISTRY

When the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse or misuse is inevitable. Recently

the question of whether women should be ordained to serve in the church in the headship role of elders and pastors has been hotly debated in many Christian churches. Some churches have actually been split over this issue. At the root of the controversy is one’s understanding of the Biblical teaching regarding headship, submission, and equality in male-female relationships, both do not participate equally in the image of God.

In this age of rampant and un-Biblical feminism, many in the church try to deny or obfuscate what Scripture clearly says on this subject - that the answer is No. But the question is not whether Bible-believers will follow a multitude to do evil (Exodus 23:2). Taking over the altar of God by a woman is against Gods precept. Where is it found in the Bible that God had ever ordained a woman to lead His people? Even Mariam that Moses ordained in Exodus was not recognized by God. The Bible teaches that women are to be under the headship and authority of male leadership in the church.

The ordination of women is rarely the first sign of apostasy in a church. Almost all of the churches that ordain women to the ministry either were in apostasy already or well on their way, before they began doing so. They have fallen prey to the same doubt of the authority of God's Word that Satan planted in the mind of Eve with the question, "Has God indeed said...?" (Genesis 3:1).