Women in Church - Biblical Position

This is my reply to some Lisa's letter to a theology forum where she states that women should be more actively involved into theological discussions.


Lisa's saying was somehow thoroughly commented from political and secular points of view on church. I however want to add a theological comment. I'm also interested: does anyone except of me here has theological point of view?

For us an interesting issue which I would like to discuss is: whether only married or all women are not allowed to speak in church (as Holy Spirit deprecated in the text of Bible through st. Paul). He (Holy Spirit) has said Let your wives keep silent in churches and all gatherings of saints. From that I conclude that unmarried women (as they are not "your wives") and also wives of unbelievers seems to be allowed to speak in church. (But they are indeed are disallowed to preach: I disallow a woman to teach.)

From the practical viewpoint this seems the correct answer as otherwise unmarried or married with unbelievers women would be unable to speak with a church in Christ at all which seems much wrong.

Also Bible explicitly permits women to be evangelists, chiefs (e.g. presidents) etc., but not any kinds of teachers (not only religious teachers as it is commonly thought).

Lisa, you are allowed to teach in a church being on equal with a male man, that is I mean you would succeed in being on equal with me: never marry with a male, never born children, never use cosmetics, never... Oh, Lisa, why God allowed me to speak in a church? Only because I never do what other men do: never smoke, never go to alcogol trade, never speak with them about sex with two women yesterday...

Do you think that when I preach I'm a male? You mistaken very much about me. When I preach in Christ I'm not a male but a vessel of Holy Spirit. God is not mad to allow to preach a male nature! It is a madness in sin.

You are indeed allowed to teach in a church if you will follow all biblical obligations for a preacher. Yes. We have equal rights before God.

I would also not be allowed by God to preach if I'd use cometics, emphasingly spoke about politics and other wordly matters and did likewise things.

With power of the spirit deny that you are a woman, sincerely say this to your friends and to your heart, and you will be allowed to become a teacher! You have a chance. Just equal with me.

Why you say that women are inequal in rights with men as women married with men are not allowed to speak in church? Do you think that men married with men are allowed to speak in church?

[ In the last days (as you say modernism/postmodernism) the meaning of the word woman has changed. Now sometimes it is used in the old sense but sometimes instead means "a femenist woman" where the term femenist has also changed its meaning, before it meant "one who wrestles for equality of juridical rights for womans" but now it more often means "a woman which speak about womans endlessly, insert the word 'woman' at every appropriate and not apporopriate case as if somebody would pay she money for using this word, praises womans, and curses men for any kinds of their relation to women" ]

So Lisa is a good example for our case...

Speaking "woman" you mean instead [...] Too bad, you must not speak about women so bad. You have no such right, Lisa!

But, yes, it was a woman, only real woman may have the idea to post her photo into a theological forum... Oh, our number would be doubled if women also would post theological teachings in theological forums :-)