Comments on: 5 Ways Women Participated in the Early Church

By: Ruben Jorge Maduro Couto

Ruben Jorge Maduro Couto — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:34:56 +0000

If I may, I share here an article I wrote about the claim that there are no female pastors in the New Testament: https://vidaemabundancia.blogspot.com/2025/03/nao-ha-pastoras-no-novo-testamento.html?m=0 (The article is in portuguese, but you may activate the automatic translation at the right top menu.)

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:20:54 +0000

Priscilla and Aquilla, as a couple, instructed Apollos in private for the purpose of correcting doctrinal error. this is not an instance of women holding teaching authority over the church. The early church, especially at Corinth, was practicing many things wrongly which Paul attempted to correct in his letters to them. Just because they may have done something, doesn’t mean it was God’s will. Many times in scripture it is commanded that women should not hold teaching or leadership positions within the church. This mimics the relationship between husband and wife at home. Why would God command wives to be in submission to their husbands at home, but permit them hold authority over their husbands in the assembly? Makes no sense.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 02 May 2023 17:02:18 +0000

In reply to Lila DeMoss. What about it? It doesn't say women did those things in the church (meetings), which is the context of 1 Cor 14 and 1 Tim 2.

By: Lila DeMoss

Lila DeMoss — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 17:21:36 +0000

In reply to Park Linscomb. You need to reread Acts 18: 24-26.

By: Park Linscomb

Park Linscomb — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 17:47:38 +0000

The only way that women would have been allowed to lead hymns and read and interpret Scripture in the first century church would be in female only assemblies. Apostolic teachings forbade women teaching, preaching, or taking leadership roles in mixed assemblies (see 1 Cor. 14:34-36 and 1 Timothy 2:8-15).