Men and Women Roles in Ministry
By Delvin Arnold Much has been said regarding men and women and their roles in the Church of Jesus Christ. There is an ongoing debate and will be until the rapture of the Church particularly regarding women serving as Pastors, Elders, and Bishops in the Church today. While the primary focus of this manuscript will be on the roles of men and women in the local church, a subtopic will focus on women in scripture that have left a lasting legacy. Is scripture clear regarding the roles of men and women in the public assembly or is it silent? What determines truth, a person’s subjective “revelation” of what they believe God told them, or the authoritative word of God? These questions the writer believes have to be answered in order to logically come to grips with an issue that’s staring the church in the face today l...