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[Chukwuedozie Nwa Charlie @TheCharlesIsidi]

Make sure you are not using your “Women should not be Pastors” argument as a mask for your hate/apathy/distrust of women.

Because it’s so hard not to knock off that it provides a base where you can latch on the texts because it serves your selfishness.

[Tohan 💜 @ose_tohan]

Omo! We still have a long way to go

[Brother Possible @BrotherPossible]

The position that women should not serve as pastors or elders is not a cultural preference or a personal opinion.

It is grounded in specific texts and Bible eclessiology that give reasons rooted in creation not culture.

1 Timothy 2:12-13:
"But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve."

The Bible restricts the teaching and authoritative office over men to men, and it does not ground it in the culture of Ephesus. It grounds it in the order of creation: Adam was first formed, then Eve.

This is significant because it means the argument cannot be dismissed as culturally conditioned.

When the Bible roots a command in creation, it is telling us that it was God's design before any culture or dispensation. You'll find the same notion in Corinthians 11 on headship as well as in Matthew 19 on marriage.

When Scripture anchors a principle in creation, it is signalling that the principle is not negotiable by cultural context.

See 1 Timothy 3:1-5:
"This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife."

The qualifications for the office of bishop which is same as overseer, pastor are given in masculine terms throughout the Bible.

Husband of one wife is not incidental language. It is a qualification that assumes the elder is male. You'll find the same structure in Titus 1:6: "If any be blameless, the husband of one wife."

The author had every opportunity to use gender-inclusive language if he intended the office to be open to women. He did not. Scripture does not.

The underlying point is that men and women are equal in dignity and value before God but have different roles in the home and the church. This is the consistent reading of the relevant texts across scripture and church history.

Galatians 3:28, "there is neither male nor female in Christ" is sometimes used to argue for women pastors. But Galatians 3:28 is about soteriological equality.
Equality in salvation, worth and access to God.

It is not about the erasure of all role distinctions in every context.
The same author of Corinthian, Timothy and Titus wrote Galatians 3:28 and also wrote 1 Timothy 2:12.
There's no contradictions because one is about standing before God and the other is about function in the church.

So men and women are equal in worth but differentiated in role.

Now, this position does not say women cannot teach. They can and should other women, children, and in appropriate contexts. It does not say women cannot lead. Women lead extensively and necessarily in the body of Christ.
It does not say women cannot preach in the broad sense of proclaiming the gospel.

What it is saying is that the specific office of a pastor, elder, or overseer, and anyone who carries governing authority over the congregation including men is reserved for qualified men.

Also, this is not even a statement about capacity. Women could be more gifted communicators, more spiritually mature, and maybe more pastorally sensitive than many of the men in the room but they're not qualified for that office. It is a statement about design.

The same way headship in marriage is not about capacity.
A wife could be wiser than her husband. It is about the ordered structure God designed for the covenant.

Like I initially pointed, Christian women may want to contest this in an age where feminism is popular and this even include serious believers.

But the texts are not obscure.
They are specific. They give reasons. And the reasons are rooted in creation not culture. Scripture is clear.

[Tohan 💜 @ose_tohan]

@ThePChris By what metric Oga?
Who made those rules?

[Tohan 💜 @ose_tohan]

@ThePChris At this point you’re just saying anything you like

[Tohan 💜 @ose_tohan]

@alifcoder Need

[Tohan 💜 @ose_tohan]

She’s so cool

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

So many young girls have found their new role model.

[Tohan 💜 @ose_tohan]

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i write better than I speak.
i think better than I write.

[mariana Z @mariana057]

I wanted to go out tonight, but the avocado I bought last week will finally be ripe enough to eat between 9pm - 9.15pm so I can't.

[Tohan 💜 @ose_tohan]

I’ve seen this tweet more than 3 times today

[Kon _Chirwa @KonChirwa]

Violence against women is never acceptable.
We demand accountability, support for survivors, and real justice.
Stand with women. Stand against abuse. 💜

[Muyiwa Awoniyi @IAmDonawon]

There is literally a reason why every religious book acknowledges Jesus. While Jesus only acknowledged Himself😂

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[Tohan 💜 @ose_tohan]

Amen

[Nathaniel Bassey @nathanielblow]

The storm you are facing now will not destroy you. Instead, in the end, it will work for your lifting!

This is a word for someone !

In Jesus’ name !

[Tohan 💜 @ose_tohan]

Do you crazy this is????

[Chief Njoku @NemeremNjoku]

And on that day, God said not today

[Tohan 💜 @ose_tohan]

This!

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

I realized that I repressed my emotions so much that I can no longer retain information, my memory fails me, I have trouble concentrating, and I forget words when I speak.