Scriptural arguments and women in ministry

The conversation has never been about whether to take scripture seriously

Gentle reader,

Here’s a pet peeve: the idea that to affirm women in ministry is to ignore scripture.

Those opposed wield this claim as a weapon, suggesting that those of us who affirm women in ministry are obviously ignoring scripture. Equally maddening, I sometimes hear people who affirm women in ministry claim that the church does so because it has dec…