I don't believe it is biblical for women to be pastors or teachers of the Word over men in the church. There is absolutely no biblical support for a woman pastor or elder. And as far as Phoebe the deacon goes, growing up in the church myself, the deacons (which happened to be all men) were merely servants. They helped with certain things in the church, they did not lead the congregation in any way, really. They helped with decision making, sure, but their position was not the same as the pastor or elders. Deacon does mean servant, whether man or woman. That's just what it is.
Also, another thing that is interesting to consider are the Levite priests. Specifically chosen and ordained by God. Hundreds. All men. Now, there were Levite women... why were none of them chosen by God to be priests? Because that is not a position God has called women to.
You can put a bunch of biblical women on the table. Deborah, Esther, Anna, Junia, Phoebe, all the prophetesses mentioned in the Bible, etc and that's great. But no matter how much you Google it, none of them held the position of pastor/priest or elder over the church and there is no biblical support for such a role for women.
I don't believe it is biblical for women to be pastors or teachers of the Word over men in the church. There is absolutely no biblical support for a woman pastor or elder. And as far as Phoebe the deacon goes, growing up in the church myself, the deacons (which happened to be all men) were merely servants. They helped with certain things in the church, they did not lead the congregation in any way, really. They helped with decision making, sure, but their position was not the same as the pastor or elders. Deacon does mean servant, whether man or woman. That's just what it is.
Also, another thing that is interesting to consider are the Levite priests. Specifically chosen and ordained by God. Hundreds. All men. Now, there were Levite women... why were none of them chosen by God to be priests? Because that is not a position God has called women to.
You can put a bunch of biblical women on the table. Deborah, Esther, Anna, Junia, Phoebe, all the prophetesses mentioned in the Bible, etc and that's great. But no matter how much you Google it, none of them held the position of pastor/priest or elder over the church and there is no biblical support for such a role for women.
With all that said, this is not a salvation issue.
GQ, I am perfectly capable of speaking for myself, thank you very much.
Don't try to start a fight between me and Tigress.
I don't think that all complementarians are chauvinists.
Welp, better tell my congregation that a woman's roll isn't a pastor, because the last two pastors, have women. The current one is the best of the two though. I seek her advice very often.
If he didn't want that same teaching to apply to the Church at large, he would not have included it in his writings.