Should women teach? Thoughts on function, office, and 1 Timothy 2:12

Thomas R. Schreiner  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Mar 2020
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Should women teach? Thoughts on function, office, and 1 Timothy 2:12

Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected in 2006 as the first female Presiding Bishop in the history of the Episcopal Church and also the first fem

Thomas R. Schreiner, Professor of New Testament Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, tackles a tricky topic

The #MeToo movement has rippled in many directions. As a consequence, many conservative evangelicals, even those sympathetic to complementarianism, have revived the question about what speaking and leading roles are open for women in our churches.

Of course, in many respects, these have been common questions for years. Still, these questions are asked today with a fresh urgency and some, even within our circles, are asking if we have been too restrictive. New situations raise new questions, old questions re-emerge in new settings, and we should be open to re-examining the Scriptures.

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