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5 Reasons to Stop Using 1 Timothy 2:12 Against Women

July 14, 2015 by Gail Wallace

Hundreds of pages have been written on this chapter, with almost as many interpretations, proving this to be one of the least understood and most contested passages of all time. Yet many Christians continue to cite 1 Timothy 2 as the foundation for their belief in male only leadership in the church. In today’s post Gail shares her “elevator speech” about why we need to stop using this passage in the debate.

Filed Under: Bible translation & interpretation, Difficult Passages, egalitarianism, Women and the Church Tagged With: 1 Timothy 2, Gail Wallace

What I Would Tell My 12-Year-Old Self About Gender Roles

November 18, 2014 by Andrea Heinrichs

It wasn’t until I started attending a private Christian school as a 12-year-old that I became aware of the spectrum of views regarding the roles of men and women in the church and in the home. In seventh-grade Bible class, I was taken aback to learn that some Christians believe that the roles of teaching and authority in the church, and the sole leadership role in the home are reserved for men only. A small number of my classmates and I were more interested in carrying on the lively discussion than others, so our teacher agreed to mediate a debate on the issue outside of class time.

Filed Under: complementarianism, egalitarianism, gender roles, Women and the Church, women in church leadership

Who “Killed” Junia? Part One

April 30, 2014 by Patrick Mead

When I first began wondering how to harmonize my church’s restrictions on women with some of the passages I found in scripture, I came across a mention of “Junia, a female, who was also an apostle” and it startled me.

Filed Under: Women and the Church, women in the new testament Tagged With: Apostle Paul and women, Chysostom, Junia in the Bible, Martin Luther, Rena Pederson, Romans 16

Defusing the 1 Timothy 2:12 Bomb: What Does Paul Mean by Authority (Authentein)

February 12, 2014 by Gail Wallace

In my recent post on 1 Timothy 2:12, discussion about the word “authentein” (often translated as authority) was especially rich. Here are some highlights:

Filed Under: Difficult Passages, Women and the Church Tagged With: Apostle Paul and women, authentein in the bible, authority in the bible, bible translation, Gail Wallace

Defusing the 1 Timothy 2:12 Bomb

January 15, 2014 by Gail Wallace

A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;[b] she must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one who was deceived, it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women […]

Filed Under: Bible translation & interpretation, Difficult Passages Tagged With: 1 Timothy 2, Apostle Paul and women, authentein in the bible, authority in the bible, Gail Wallace

Footnoted: Was the Bible Written Only for Men? Part 2

November 30, 2013 by Rebecca Card-Hyatt

In Part One Rebecca wrote about how the Greek word “adelphoi” has been intentionally translated as “brothers” rather than as “brothers and sisters” 135 times in the ESV translation of the Bible. In this post she addresses why this matters.  I had read my Bible for years without being particularly affected by adelphoi being translated […]

Filed Under: Women and the Bible, Women and the Church Tagged With: adelphoi in the bible, bible translation, ESV Bible Translation, gender inclusive translation

6 Reasons to Include Women Elders on Your Church Board: Part 2

October 18, 2013 by Gail Wallace

In the end, you see, it’s not about effectiveness, although adding women to your church board will certainly have an impact on that. It’s about justice and about righting what is wrong in this world. It’s about faithfulness – being faithful to the ethic and value system of the Kingdom of God.

Filed Under: Women and the Church Tagged With: church leadership, david hayward, Gail Wallace, leadership in the church, women elders

Lost In Translation: A Look at 1 Timothy 2:12-15

September 16, 2013 by Bob Edwards

In Lost in Translation, Part 1, Bob showed that some words in the Bible are translated differently when they refer to women as opposed to when they refer to men. Case in point:  Phoebe’s depiction as servant and helper rather than minister and leader.  Today he addresses the impact of translation on our understanding of […]

Filed Under: Bible translation & interpretation, Difficult Passages, Women and the Church Tagged With: 1 Timothy 2, authentein in the bible, Childbearing in 1 Timothy 2, Jerome - Church Father, prostatis in the bible

Lost In Translation: Phoebe, Servant or Minister?

September 9, 2013 by Bob Edwards

Phoebe in the Bible

Though inequality makes some of my complementarian friends uneasy, they hold fast to their beliefs nonetheless. They do this, some tell me, because they must remain true to the word of God, even if it makes them uncomfortable. On one level, I think their steadfast loyalty to the Bible is commendable…In the case of a complementarian belief system, however, I think loyalty to God and his word has been misappropriated.

Filed Under: Women and the Bible, Women and the Church Tagged With: complementarianism, diakonos in the bible, egalitarianism, Phoebe in the Bible, prostatis in the bible, Romans 16

Taking the Backseat of Christianity

June 28, 2017 by Sharon Klingemann

I was a freshman in college and I believed that I needed to take the backseat of Christianity.

I was headed to Columbia, Missouri with some peers to do homeless ministry. People were piling into cars, and it came down to who was getting shot gun. Without a fight, I took the backseat. I told one of my peers: “I will take the back seat, I guess I am going to have to get used to this submission thing.” Defeated, I quietly slid into the back seat.

Filed Under: Personal Stories Tagged With: complementarianism, Sharon Klingemann

Male-Female: Equality in the Gospel of Luke

January 14, 2017 by Gail Wallace

When we view scripture from the 30,000 foot level we see it moving in the direction of a more equal partnership of men and women, defying the convention of the times. The male-female pairings in the book of Luke are one intriguing example of this movement. In today’s post Gail takes readers on a quick trip through Luke pointing out male-female pairs in the narratives, the parables, the miracles, and Jesus’ public teaching. It is an intriguing look at how Jesus elevated the status of women.

Filed Under: Women and the Bible Tagged With: Gail Wallace

Egalitarian Marriage: More Than An Equal Division of Roles

August 17, 2016 by Hannah Helms

On the third Wednesday of each month I set up camp in a conference room at the hospital where I work. I set out water bottles, a tray of cookies, and boxes of tissue. I post signs throughout the hallway, and then sit down and wait. As the clock nears 6:00 pm they start to arrive – the surviving spouses of the hospice patients I have served. Sometimes they smile when they see me, other times they make it through the door just barely, a bewildered and tired look in their eyes.

It seems odd that I, a 29 year old with less than 5 years of marriage under my belt, would be tasked with running a support group for bereaved spouses. In reality I do very little to ease the burden of grief. I give group members permission to talk about their loved ones and their loss. I sit and bear witness; sometimes I have to tell myself to stay and be present, and other times I am captivated and drink in their stories.

The latter was the case with a man who attended my group in March. He was old enough to be my parent and then some, but by far the youngest person in the group. He was also the most reserved.

Filed Under: egalitarianism, marriage and family, Personal Stories, relationships Tagged With: egalitarian marriage, Hannah Helms

Paul’s Egalitarian Reading of the Old Testament

June 22, 2016 by Gail Wallace

For years I struggled with my relationship with the apostle Paul. On the one hand, as a teenager, I was completely taken with books like Galatians and Philippians and studied chart after chart of the missionary journeys (I am a missionary kid, after all). But as an adult, I had trouble reconciling the “clobber verses” […]

Filed Under: Bible translation & interpretation, Women and the Bible Tagged With: Apostle Paul and women, Gail Wallace

Miss & Carry: Towards a Theology of Unrealized Motherhood

August 4, 2015 by Hannah Helms

In this personal and moving post, guest author Hannah Helms makes the case that the Church needs a better theology to address the grief and pain of unrealized motherhood…

My husband, Ben, and I were living in my parents’ guest bedroom at the time, in the middle of our first year of marriage. We were both in-between jobs and graduate school and not having any idea what we were doing. However, the prospect of a baby-to-be was so grounding – in the midst of our uncertainty was the promise of new life and a goal for us to focus on. We waited until I was all of eight weeks along before we made the announcement to my entire extended family on the first day of our annual camp out-reunion at the Jedidiah Smith State Redwood Park.

The day after the announcement I woke up with a tiny spot of blood in my underwear. I ignored it, refused to give in to the worry that sat at the edges of my mind. I mentally reviewed all the normal pregnancy symptoms that I could think of. Spotting is normal. Nothing to worry about here.

Filed Under: marriage and family, parenting, Personal Stories, Women and Society, Women and the Church Tagged With: Childbearing in 1 Timothy 2, Genesis 3

Confessions of a Closet Egalitarian

March 14, 2014 by Liz Wolf

I never heard the words egalitarian or complementarian until last summer. At 50 (first of my true confessions) I’m a little late to the dance, but my 22 year old daughter has been my inspiration and encouraged me to write this.

Filed Under: complementarianism, egalitarianism, gender roles, Personal Stories, Women and the Church, women in the new testament Tagged With: Apostle Paul and women, Lydia in the Bible

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