Thank you Sis Alvear and RDP for the lively debate. I've been following along and am enjoying this.
I have no issues with women preachers or teachers, though I don't believe women should be Pastors.
One question, Sis Alvear - How do you interpret Phil 4:2-3 and
Romans 16:3-5 to mean these women were preaching with Paul? There are many ways someone can be a co-laborer or helper. I see nothing in these scriptures or elsewhere where it's written these women preached or taught. It's really adding something that isn't there to say they did so.
The Greek you posted also doesn't mention preaching or teaching. Is there something else written either in the Bible or historical accounts which proves these women did, or is this just your added interpretation?