What does the Bible actually say about women’s roles in the church and gender roles in the home? It’s one of today’s most debated topics — which is exactly why your kids need more than your opinion, they need to see it in Scripture. In this episode, we walk through the key texts on church leadership and lay out what we believe is God’s clear design for elders and pastors, so you can teach your children with confidence and biblical grounding. This isn’t about preference — it’s about handling God’s Word carefully on a question your kids will face whether you address it or not.
Here are some of the main points from this episode:
- Men and women are equal in value but God has different roles for them in the church
- We cover the common scripture references people use to support female church leadership
- Christianity elevated women greatly in history
- We cover the scripture that speak to women being quiet during church
- We cover the scripture about women not having authority over men in the church
- We debunk the thought that paul was speaking to a local issue back then that’s not relevant today by sharing that paul uses a Genesis reference.
- Men and women are equal in value but God has different roles for them in the church
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Scripture Mentioned in this episode are:
- 1 Tim 3:11-12 Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.
- 1 Timothy 2:11–12 — “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.”
- 1 Corinthians 14:34–35 — “Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.”
- Acts 2:17 And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
- Eph 5:33 let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
- Eph 5:22–23 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
- Gen 2:21-22 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
- Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
- 1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord
- 1 Cor. 1:11 For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers.
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