The Role and Authority Women Have in Ministry

LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

The Role and Authority Women Have in Ministry

A Research Paper Submitted to
Dr. Michael D. Stallard in partial fulfillment of the requirements for completion of the course,

THEO 592
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY II
201220 Spring 2012 THEO 530-B19 LUO

By
John Theodore Zachariah
Student ID# 20004547

Lynchburg, Virginia
March 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction …..……………………………………………………….……………………….1
Prominent Women in the New Testament …………………...……………………………….2
New Testament Teachings …………………………………………………………………….4
First Corinthians 14:34-35 ……………………………………………………………………5
First Timothy 2:11-12 ………………………………………………………………………....7

Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………....11

Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………….…13

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Introduction
Women have long played an important role in the shaping the nation of Israel which has shaped the Christian church of today. Not only were they daughters, wives, concubines, mothers, and grandmothers of men but they were also special agents of the Lord. It was the Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah who refused the Pharaoh’s order to kill all males that preserved the life of Moses. (Exodus 1) It was the widow of Zerephath who offered food and lodging to Elijah. (1 Kings) There have been women who prophesied and served as spokeswomen for God such as Miriam (Exodus 15) and Huldah. (2 Kings 22; 2 Chron. 24) There were women such as Deborah who served as both a prophet and a judge doling out justice from under a palm tree for the people of Ephraim during the rule of Jabin. (Judges 4) Women such as these received the call of God to serve Him in the roles he directed, roles which were typically filled by men. When Jesus of Nazareth assumed his ministry he brought to the nation of Israel a new and unique way of doing things. Sent into the world to serve all of mankind Jesus called forth both men and women alike

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