Judging

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Once upon a time, Chris D Sterrett said :
> I see nothing wrong in a lady "ministering" the word of God to people.
> They can minister through many ways, song, prayer, drama, choir, etc.
> We are ALL to spread the gospel in one form or another.  That is our
> duty.  
> HOWEVER, I personally would not accept  a lady "pastor".  The reasoning
> is simple.  God is above man, man is over woman.  

	I definately agree with this.
	
> 1 Timothy 2:11-13(amplified):
> 	Let a woman learn in quietness, in entire submissiveness.
> 	I(paul talking here) allow no woman to teach or to have authority
> 
> 	over men; she is to remain in quietness and keep silence{in
> religious 		assemblies} For Adam was first formed, then
> Eve.
> 
> 
> 1 Timothy|5:14(KJV)  I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear
> children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak
> reproachfully.
> 
> Titus|2:4(KJV)  That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love
> their husbands, to love their children,  
> Titus|2:5  To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to
> their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
> 

	I also agree with these and the bible also says that a woman
	should usurp the authority of the man.  If a woman were trying
	to tell a man how to live and this that and the other then I
	believe that she would be usurping that authority.

> 
> Now to contradict everything I just said, I found this verse:
> 
> Philippians|4:3  And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those
> women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with
> other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
> 

	I really don't think that this is a stumbling block.  We have
	a couple of women in our church that teach home bible studies
	wonderfully and that would be something that I consider a
	labour in the gospel.  Also anytime you have someone that
	cleans the church, as we have a brother and sister, that
	perform this at our church.  They are not getting paid and are
	rather doing it out of love for God and his house.  They are
	also labouring, so there could many examples and logical ones
	where a woman can be used in the labour of God WITHOUT
	preaching and pastoring.


	Thomas.

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Thomas J. Griffin III			Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student
email -> griffin @mtu.edu			Assistant C.A.E.L. Manager
web   -> www.me.mtu.edu/~griffin		 Aspiring Minister of God