There are many Christian men and women who believe the Bible and desire to live a life pleasing to the Lord who reject the idea that the Lord created men to be “over” women.
From the article linked at the end:
I have the privilege of knowing many Christian women who love Jesus, believe the Bible, respect their husbands, and have a strong distaste for any beliefs or behaviors that contradict the Scriptures. I have empathy for the struggle these Christ-honoring women have with those who advocate “gender equality.” They have long heard the significant men in their lives, including their pastors from the pulpit, declare the Scriptures teach that though women are equal in worth to men, they are not equal to men in authority. Men, it is declared, are designed by God to be “over” women in Christ’s church, are the God-ordained authority in Christian families, and are the ones to whom Christian women are to “submit as unto the Lord.”
If you are one of those women who struggle with the notion of gender equality because you believe it contradicts the Scriptures you love and the Lord you serve, then I would encourage you to read this short primer from a man who loves the Scriptures as much as you (and believes them to be the inspired and infallible Word of God), desires to honor Christ in his family and his church, and has as strong of a distaste for beliefs or behaviors that contradict Scripture as you. In other words, I am a conservative, Bible-believing, Christ-honoring, evangelical – just like you. There are 5 important things I want to remind your identity as a Christian woman.
Any system, any society, any organization that places one gender as an authority over the other, whether it be patriarchal or matriarchal in nature, is a direct violation of the command and design of the Creator God. When God calls and gifts a person to accomplish a task, restrictions to the accomplishment of that task never take the form of gender. The notion that women can’t do some spiritual things that men can do in the church or in the home – like teach, lead, etc. – is a contradiction of the Scriptures themselves.
Read: 5 Things Women Who Love Jesus and Believe the Bible Should Know about Their Personal Identity from Wade Burleson
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