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To: doc1019
I find it unbiblical to have a female preacher/pastor.

I agree. It's pretty clear.

/johnny

11 posted on 04/20/2012 8:03:11 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Well, not really. In Romans 16:7, Paul praises Junia as “outstanding among the apostles.” Junia was a Roman woman converted before Paul.

In Acts 18:25-26, we learn that Apollo was tutored in the Gospel by Aquila and Priscilla. It has been theorized, but not proven, that Priscilla was the actual author of the book of Hebrews. We know Paul wasn’t the writer.

We find in Philippians 4:2-3 that Paul talks about two women, Euodia and Syntyche, who evangelized alongside him.

In Romans 16:1-2 Paul mentions Phoebe, whom he calls a deacon of the church.

In Colossians 4:15, Paul says to greet Nympha and the church in her house (KJV translators changed this to “Nymphas and the church in his house”).

In Acts 16, we find Lydia, who had a church meeting in her home, and in Corinthians are converts “belonging to Chloe” as a group or church.

Nor is this limited to Pual. John writes to a woman leading a house church in 2 John 1:1, and alludes in the closing to another woman, the Elect Lady.

So, in the early church, women acted as teachers, leaders, and apostles.


27 posted on 04/20/2012 8:49:02 PM PDT by Hootowl
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