How do we view Women?
(In the Marriage Relationship, In Church Affairs, Raising Daughters and Sons)
A) Deacons
1) Does it really matter? (Buried Talents, Jay Guin) [pdf]
2) J. Stephen Sandifer, Deacons: Male and Female? (Self-published P. O. Box 35296, Houston, Tex. 77235-5296, 1989) (Hereinafter “Sandifer”). “This is a scholarly, very well researched book. Sandifer is a minister of a Church of Christ and has written what must be considered the definitive resource in this area. “ (comment from Jay Guinn)
- Excerpts from chapter 12 Conclusions [pdf]
3) Man & Woman in Christian Perspective (Werner Neuer) pages 121/122 and 138/139 [pdf]
B) Elders – Wives of One Husband? (pages 163 – 172)
1) How could you ever argue in favor of Women Elders? [pdf]
2) Compare to the concluding paragraphs of the Rubel Shelly article (“A Woman’s Place is….”).
C) Women in Appointed and/or Assumed Roles (Osburn, Chapter 8) [pdf]
D) The Parable of the Talents; Matt 25 [pdf]
SOME CONCLUSIONS
E) Osburn, Chapter 13Conclusions regarding the Moderate Views [pdf]
i. Complementarian View
ii. Egalitarian View
F) The Practicality of Egalitarian Conclusions
- Divisiveness is a Sin (page 190) and “Condoning Sin” (page 191) [pdf]
- Romans 14 & 15 (192 – 197) [pdf]
- 14 Concluding Points(198 – 201) [pdf]