“We need to start the conversation with, what does it mean for women who are created in God’s image, who are redeemed by Jesus Christ, who are born again in the Word of God—who is Jesus—who were given his Spirit, who are sharing the same baptism, the same faith, the same Lord, what does it look like then for women to serve the Lord and for men and women to serve together?”
“Why is it that when the men leave the room and we have women and children, we all of a sudden are not caring, so to speak, who’s teaching them or what kind of training they have?”
“How can we have this greater theological vision for men and women serving together in the church in a healthy, vibrant, thriving culture?”
“Women are discipling women in the church. Whether we like it or not, they’re writing books, they’re speaking at conferences, they’re on podcasts, they’re writing hymns, they are discipling the women in your church.”
“If women are being discipled or receiving teaching that is not according to God’s word, it’s affecting their marriages, their homes, their workplaces. So we can’t just sit back and think, ‘Well, as long as we keep women out of this position or from doing X, we’re biblical.’”
“What does it look like, for example, if we see all these examples of women serving as coworkers and ministry teaching, having a prophetic ministry in Scripture, and then we get to the worship service at our church, and there are no women participating in any kind of leadership role in the service?”
“Is it biblical if, in our churches, we don’t have spiritual mothers?”
“Placement, jobs—that’s the number one need for women called to ministry.”
“There’s just all kinds of challenges like child care, like how to talk to your pastor about maternity leave.”
“I believe that when you have churches that have men and women on staff who are trained, called, gifted for the task and they’re given the resources that they need, then it’s going to trickle down. It’s going to affect the church positively.”
“[At Beeson], we have PCA female students right now, SBC female students. They’re probably never going to be in a position where they’re ordained, preaching on a Sunday morning in a senior pastor role. But they are finding great value in this class. Why? Well, because preaching, that skill helps you with teaching. It helps you with communicating God’s Word.”
