“THE WOMAN’S ROLE IN CHURCH”
By Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.
KYOWVA Evangelistic
Association is
comprised of people
who hold to Bible
teachings as the
standard. Therefore,
we do not contend
that women are to be
“Pulpit Ministers”
or church leaders.
This does not mean
that women are
second class
citizens in the
Lord’s church. It
was God who set the
standard, as is
found in I Timothy
3:2, which states
that an “Elder”
(church leader) is
to be a husband of
one wife. Now, it is
very difficult for a
woman to be a
husband. Therefore,
women are not church
leaders such as
Elders or Pulpit
Ministers, but they
are leaders in many
other ways. Some
ministries where
they lead are in the
realm of: nursery,
teaching, music,
communion
preparation,
assisting women
candidates for
baptism, laundering
, decorations,
cleaning, dramas, PA
system operators,
van/bus drivers,
office work,
cleaning,
maintenance,
librarian, calling
programs, etc.
There are some who
are very quick to
point to Scriptures
to take an almost
anti-female stand,
such as:
1) I Cor. 11:3ff
which gives God’s
design for the
domestic government,
with
God first, Christ
second, Man third,
and the Woman next
2) I Cor. 14:34ff
which states that
women are to be
silent in the church
3) I Timothy 2:9-15
which states that
women are not to
teach men or
demonstrate
authority over them
If a group like
KYOWVA desires to
have a Men and Boy’s
Supper Meeting, is
this to say it is a
“Put-Down” to women?
Not anymore than if
the church women
desire to have a
Mother-Daughter
Banquet or the
church camp to
sponsor a Ladies
Retreat.
In America, we do
have the Boy Scouts
(Cub Scouts, etc.),
Girl Scouts
(Brownies, etc.),
Camp Fire Girls. Is
this wrong for a
group to desire to
remain of only one
sex? In the Masonic
Lodge (all men) is
it wrong to keep
separate from the
women. Some have
concluded that women
have their place in
the military, but it
is not on the
battlefield. Is it
proper for a woman
to be drafted into
military combat and
be sent thousands of
miles away from her
babies and husband
to live in a foxhole
with strange men?
Common sense has
seemingly left many
people’s minds
today.
KYOWVA has held
several “Couples’
Suppers” and some
family affairs (both
sexes and all ages),
as well as some
“Church Leader and
Wife Seminars” and
“Appreciation Family
Banquets”.
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