Women and church


Another meditation from my diary.
The baptist blogs seem littered with people who tell women to keep silent in the church. (See the comments here and here.) Yet, the practices recorded in Acts seem to be different. ...

Acts 1: They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and his brothers.
-> presumably this involved speech in the assembly.

Acts 2: Your sons and daughters will prophesy.
-> speech, presumably in a church setting.

Acts 18: Priscilla and Aquilla (notice the order of the names) taught Apollos the way of God more adequately.
-> both involved in teaching a man.

Acts 21: Philip had 4 unmarried daughters who prophesied.
-> speech, presumably in a church setting

It is important to temper the legalist. "For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery." (Gal 5:1)

Posted: Tue - October 28, 2008 at 07:31 PM           | |

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