puriteen18
Puritan Board Freshman
What is a woman's proper role during meeting?
I have believed for a time now that they should keep complete silence in the cogregation (though that's not always the case at my church), but last week we had a youth bible school at our church. The minister who came to teach was talking to our youth sunday school teacher (a lady). Anyway after the lesson they were talking by themselves about which apostle was their favorite. They both agreed on Peter since he was most outspoken. The minister said quickly after though that he would had rather be a Paul. Our sunday school teacher said in kind of a joking manner that she didn't like Paul. The minister (almost in shock) ask why. She said it was becuse Paul said that women are to keep silent in church. He quickly assured her that Paul only said that to the Corithian church because the service was wildly out of hand and that Paul was just setting strict rules to restore order and that it didn't apply to other churches. But then he did say that of course women were not to preach, but could share personal experiences, pray, et cetera. She was pleased at his answer.
This troubled me. What do you think about it? also what do you think about women as sunday school teachers?
Here are some verses I am sure are familiar.
"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law." I Cor. 14:34
"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
But Isuffer not a woman to teach, nor usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence." I Tim. 2:11-12
Thanks fo rthe replies.
I have believed for a time now that they should keep complete silence in the cogregation (though that's not always the case at my church), but last week we had a youth bible school at our church. The minister who came to teach was talking to our youth sunday school teacher (a lady). Anyway after the lesson they were talking by themselves about which apostle was their favorite. They both agreed on Peter since he was most outspoken. The minister said quickly after though that he would had rather be a Paul. Our sunday school teacher said in kind of a joking manner that she didn't like Paul. The minister (almost in shock) ask why. She said it was becuse Paul said that women are to keep silent in church. He quickly assured her that Paul only said that to the Corithian church because the service was wildly out of hand and that Paul was just setting strict rules to restore order and that it didn't apply to other churches. But then he did say that of course women were not to preach, but could share personal experiences, pray, et cetera. She was pleased at his answer.
This troubled me. What do you think about it? also what do you think about women as sunday school teachers?
Here are some verses I am sure are familiar.
"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law." I Cor. 14:34
"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
But Isuffer not a woman to teach, nor usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence." I Tim. 2:11-12
Thanks fo rthe replies.