As I was reading through Acts, I came upon these verses: “As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and hauling men and women committed them to prison. Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.” (Acts 8:3,4) I then wondered if women were preaching the word. This is what Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Commentary had to say about verse 4: Preaching the word – Greek: “evangelizing,” or announcing the…
Satan works subtly. First, women give announcements in the churches. Then they read Scripture and become worship leaders with mini-sermons in between songs. They give their testimonies with some preaching added in. They give sermons when they pray. Finally, they preach behind the pulpits as pastors. This exact thing happened in our old church. It is an unbiblical church. “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. Let your women…
Ken helped me write this! Recently our pastor preached on biblical submission and the authority in Church. Ironically, the topic arose from a sermon on the need for unity and deference to one another in humility in the body body of Christ. Towards the end of his sermon, he made it clear that although unity is a critical essential in the Church, unity at the cost of doctrinal clarity and the authority of God’s Word is useless. Imagine a Church…
There are many female preachers and pastors these days. In fact, it’s difficult to find a church that doesn’t have a female listed as a pastor. I decided to do a Bible study to find the qualifications that God specifically gives for women being pastors and preachers. First, let’s look at the qualifications of men who are to be elders, pastors, and preachers in the churches. “This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop,…
My husband, Ken, helped me on this one! It is not by accident that all of the Church’s greatest preachers and theologians have understood God’s clear command forbidding women from preaching in the Church. “Women pastors and women preachers are the most obvious rebellion against the word of God.” (John MacArthur) “We will add that our surprise is all the greater when women of piety mount the pulpit, for they are acting in plain defiance of the command of the…
Written By Ken and Lori We graduated from Westmont College in 1980. I (Lori) wasn’t strong in biblical knowledge so I didn’t know if what I was being taught was biblically accurate or not. I wasn’t wise and discerning back then like most college students. I asked my husband (Ken) one morning if Westmont was falling away from biblical truth when we went there, and he said it was. The crack in the conservative view of the scriptures had already…
Priscilla has been used by feminists for many years to argue that women can be leaders and preachers in the churches. Here is what the Bible has to say about her. “Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus” (Romans 16:3). “The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house” (1 Corinthians 16:19). “And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come…
In 1 Timothy 2:11-15, we are given two reasons why women are commanded to not teach nor be in authority over men in the churches. The first reason is that Adam was created first. He was in authority over Eve. Eve was created to be his help meet. Men are to be in authority over women. I know this is highly offensive to many, but I don’t care. None of God’s order or ways are offensive to me. I understand…
A few weeks ago, I was watching Elisabeth Elliot teach a group of people on some topic that I don’t remember. I think it was about being a godly woman. In the class, I noticed there were men and women. When her talk was done, she said her next teaching will be to men on how to be real men. It reminded me of her speaking to men and women in our chapel service at Westmont College many years ago….
On a video put together by John Henry called “Voddie Baucham Provides Answers about Women Pastors, Teachers, and Elders in the Church,” John goes back and forth between an interview with Joyce Meyer and a sermon being preached by Voddie Baucham to show the fallacy that women make to justify preaching. (I summarized the video.) A woman who works for Joyce asked her: “When you began your ministry in 1976, what God expected of women was very different from what…