Can Women Pastor ?

[MissBrattified]

I'm for biblical order, but God has used and will continue to use women for His work, and that is just a fact. To state that women are excluded from the ministry is obviously an extra-biblical interpretation.

Are there women who are overly masculine, strident or out of place? Sure. Maybe they weren't truly called, and just thought they were. Are there WAY more men who should have been saints instead of preachers, and spend their lives being lords over God's heritage? Yes.

It's a matter of lining up priorities, knowing the voice of God, living right to the best of your knowledge and ability, and let others heed the call without your interference.

I'm generally suspicious of men who get all panicky about a woman expounding scriptures. It really is bothersome that ANY Christian, male or female, would want to stop any OTHER Christian, male or female, from sharing their thoughts about God and His Word. Furthermore, caution is thrown to the wind, and there is a disregard for the fact that God can speak through ANY vessel He chooses.

Women should attend their biblically laid out roles of husband, home and children first and foremost, but that doesn't mean God will not call any woman to something in addition to that. Especially single women. And a woman who was called as a single girl doesn't lose that calling when she marries, anymore than a man does when HE marries; the dynamics may change, but the calling is still the same.

I know many more men who neglect their families and God-given male roles in deference to their ministerial calling than I do women. IMO, men should be teaching other men how to be good husbands and fathers, and let the older women teach the younger women how to be feminine and godly. Men have a full time job pleasing God, their wives, and their children; there is absolutely zero time for them to pick on women who have made sacrifices to serve God to the best of their ability.