RE: [asa] Roles of women

I too cannot understand how teaching Hebrew can be considered "wearing
the pants" as an "overseer." But I guess the SBC's position is that 1)
a pastor is an overseer of sorts, and 2) theology teachers of
pastors-in-training must be qualified to serve as pastors, and 3)
teaching Hebrew is teaching theology.
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From: Janice Matchett [mailto:janmatch@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:10 PM
To: Austerberry, Charles; asa@lists.calvin.edu
Subject: Re: [asa] Roles of women

At 06:52 PM 1/30/2007, Austerberry, Charles wrote:

        Reasons (poor ones, generally) for restricting what women can do
in the church range from hermeneutical to scientific. What strikes me
is how scripture can become an idol, which can then lead to unfounded
doctrines that are ungodly, in my opinion. Whether God chose to put
inerrant history and science in the Bible should be a question resolved
through open study, not a litmus-test doctrine. Likewise, whether St.
Paul's attitude about women in roles of authority more reflects God's
perspective or Paul's human cultural perspective ought to be an open
question, not policy, in my opinion. This action of the SBC makes me
sad, but it's consistent with many conservative denominations' actions
towards biology professors who would teach evolution. At least women
can teach biology (if not evolution) in SBC schools. But what if the
SBC decides that pastors-to-be should learn some biology (imagine!) in
SBC seminaries? Could women teach them biology, even though they can't
teach Hebrew? Which has more significance for theology anyway?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/012007dn
metnubaptists.176f48d.html
         
        Chuck Austerberry
        e-mail: cfauster@creighton.edu
        Nebraska Religious Coalition for Science Education
        http://nrcse.creighton.edu <http://nrcse.creighton.edu/>

@ I don't think it has anything to do with "teaching", does it? It is
unseemly for a woman to "wear the pants" as an "overseer" over her
husband in the family or over God's flock in a church organization.

Of course God did have to put a woman (Deborah) in charge of the army
once since there were only male wusses available at that time from which
to choose. :)

~ Janice

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