@Tigger45 that is such a common belief! Many years ago I heard from someone I respected, "I believe a woman can be a pastor, just not the
Senior pastor." That sounded good... even generous! "I'll allow that women can be
almost anything!" That's exactly what I believed for a very long time.
I've been thinking about this a lot for the last seven years, and I think 1 Timothy 2:12 is the
only verse in the Bible that can be used to support that idea. If you can think of any others please let me know.
Now first of all, there is no such thing in Scripture as a "senior pastor". And even if there were, applying 1 Tim 2:12 to church leadership doesn't fit the passage well at all.
I want to share a video if that's OK. It's Dr Cynthia Westfall speaking with Pastors Bruxy Cavey, Bec Thomson, and Karmyn Bokma of the Meeting House Church in Toronto. Westfall's exegesis of 1 Tim 2 was eye-opening for me. It starts at about 12:00 in the video (which later gets into Eph 5 and 1 Cor 11) I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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