Women as Pastors

“Conference President: ‘She’s not preaching’ ” - Church Leaders

Related: SBC pastors threaten boycott over inclusion of female teaching pastor Hosanna Wong at conference

“I do not like to give short answers. I don’t like to get put in a position to do that, because I feel like that just escalates confusion, so I want to take the opportunity to address the issue of women preachers this morning and to give you a more thorough answer from the Word of God on this very, very important subject.” - Christian Post

“While the Baptist faith and message says that, ‘The office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by scripture,’ there are many who call themselves ‘complementarians’ who are more flexible when it comes to women teaching men, or even preaching.” - RNS

“You can understand how shocking it is to hear ministers in Evangelical and Calvinistic denominations now suggesting that a combined reading of 1 Corinthians 11 and 1 Corinthians 14:34 teaches us that ‘Women do not have to be silent in the congregations’ except during a time of ‘judging of the prophecies.’” - Ref21