1 /5 Anthony Smith: How can a church claim to have a pastor who teaches the Bible yet they have female
Pastors in the church? Female pastors are not allowed in the Christian faith, Paul the Apostle made this very clear. (1 Timothy 2:11–12). In the church, God assigns different roles to men and women. This is a result of the way mankind was created and the way in which sin entered the world (1 Timothy 2:13–14). God, through the apostle Paul, restricts women from serving in roles of teaching and/or having spiritual authority over men. This precludes women from serving as pastors over men, since pastoring definitely includes preaching, teaching publicly, and exercising spiritual authority.
Don’t use a blasphemous excuse of Priscilla,
Or Deborah or even the Artemis situation from the Ephesians Idolators. Nowhere in Timothy is Artemis even mentioned. There’s no way to skin this cat alive and come with a different scenario. This is why the most rebounded Bible Scholars all agree, if a church has a female pastor they are in open rebellion against God. It’s so shameful to see this so much in Orange County. There’s more churches going to hell then people walking the street these days. If anyone doesn’t believe me ask Dr John MacArthur who is the greatest theologian of our time, or how about Paul Washer, Voddia Bauchum, even the greater apologists out there like Dr Frank Turek or even John Lennox. Will all tell you what the Bible says, this church is lying to you.
Just to clear up Pricilla, Did Priscilla and her husband teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to Apollos? Yes, in their home they “explained to him the way of God more adequately” (Acts 18:26). Does the Bible ever say that Priscilla pastored a church or taught publicly or became the spiritual leader of a congregation of saints? No. As far as we know, Priscilla was not involved in ministry activity in contradiction to 1 Timothy 2:11–14. Don’t bring up Phoebe either… In Romans 16:1, Phoebe is called a “deacon” (or “servant”) in the church and is highly commended by Paul. But, as with Priscilla, there is nothing in Scripture to indicate that Phoebe was a pastor or a teacher of men in the church. “Able to teach” is given as a qualification for elders, but not for deacons (1 Timothy 3:1–13; Titus 1:6–9).
God has ordained that only men are to serve in positions of spiritual teaching authority in the church. This does not imply men are better teachers or that women are inferior or less intelligent. It is simply the way God designed the church to function. Men are to set the example in spiritual leadership—in their lives and through their words. Women are also to set an example in their lives, but in a different way (1 Peter 3:1-6). Women are encouraged to teach other women (Titus 2:3–5). The Bible also does not restrict women from teaching children. The only activity women are restricted from is teaching or having spiritual authority over men. This bars women from serving as pastors to men. This does not make women less important, by any means; rather, it gives them a ministry focus more in agreement with God’s design.
