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Originally Posted by Pliny
Please document the assertion that Anna spoke out in the formal setting of a congregational setting. A setting of both men and women.
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Luke 2:36And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
38And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to
all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
Unless you are wanting to state that those people spoken of in verse 38 were only women..."them" refers to both men and women. She spoke to them about Jesus. This passage doesn't state how many were present or what all she told them or how long she spoke. I wish I'd been there to know and hear.
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No one is trying to "negate" the sharing of the Gospel. Everyone doe take part in being witnesses but not everyone gets up an preaches.
The churches were largely house churches and being Jewish in origin, these Jew often met in Synagogues until the Synagogues were closed to Christians and tests put in place to rid the synagogue of Christians. Due to this church services are similar in some ways with the synagogue. I should add that in other ways church is far different than synagogue. For example, there is no life in a synagogue service because there is no Spirit.
Of the similarities they have a book (scroll in Bible days) that is read from and a man provides an exposition of the written word. In church there is a Bishop, the husband of 1 wife, that reads the scriptures and gives an exposition.
As to the "we Americanize the Bible too much" may be a confession of sorts but the men I know look for the truth regardless of cultural concerns. However, the point that we should recognize is that there is a difference in culture and time between now and then. Part of the church order Paul addressed was the qualifications for Bishops and Deacons.
It is true the church is composed of people not construction materials. And like any other construction project everything must be done decently and in order. Paul gave instructions for the order by ordering the qualifications for Bishops etc. Everything requires organization. Acts 20 gives insight into the heartbeat of Paul. He calls for the elder's of the church (v. 17) and then proceeds to tell them his course of life and how he went from house to house and publicly teaching Christ. He goes on and in v.28 states that the Holy Ghost had made them "overseer's" [same word as translated Bishop in 1 Tim.] and that they were to feed the church of God. There is a difference between being a witness and having the responsibility to feed the church. This is the domain of the man according to Paul.
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I agree with most of what you wrote. The difference is, you are speaking merely of Pastors and Bishops. This thread is about women preaching AT ALL. That has nothing to do with what you posted above, most of which, as I stated, I agree with.
What is 'preaching'?
It's sharing the gospel. Simple. Preaching doesn't make one a preacher anymore than teaching makes one a teacher.
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