nbcrusader
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My wife has been a teaching leader for a bible study for over five years. She's been involved in leadership for this bible study for almost 15 years. She teaches a class of 300-400 women, giving weekly lectures.
My wife has always tried to live by Paul's admonition: "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent." (1 Timothy 2:12) She would not consider leading a bible study for a group of men.
We are not hypersensitive to the issue - our church has woman pastors.
Here's the rub - last night a close friend asked my wife to come over to discuss this topic. The message to my wife - you are in sin if you continue teaching. Her friend considered any formal teaching of adults to be inappropriate for woman and that women can only teach children or give guidance to other women on a one-on-one basis.
My question - how do you address this issue? Are you aware of any churches/denominations/etc. that interpret scripture so narrowly on this issue?
God Bless
My wife has always tried to live by Paul's admonition: "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent." (1 Timothy 2:12) She would not consider leading a bible study for a group of men.
We are not hypersensitive to the issue - our church has woman pastors.
Here's the rub - last night a close friend asked my wife to come over to discuss this topic. The message to my wife - you are in sin if you continue teaching. Her friend considered any formal teaching of adults to be inappropriate for woman and that women can only teach children or give guidance to other women on a one-on-one basis.
My question - how do you address this issue? Are you aware of any churches/denominations/etc. that interpret scripture so narrowly on this issue?
God Bless