Women in Our Church Family
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]