Many people don't believe a woman has the right to preach or hold an office in the church other then a teacher. This has come about from people not undestanding certain scriptures by Paul and inoring scrputer with women in other parts of the bibile. Let's take a look at one of those scriptures that are miss understood.

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1 Corinthians 11

1. Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2. Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
3. But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
4. Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
5. But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
6. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
7. For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
8. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
9. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
10. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
11. Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
12. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
13. Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
14. Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
15. But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

Many take this as women can not rule over men but that is not hat this scriptre is talking about. Verse ten make it clear that the covering is for the woman's protection aginst he angels. Se back in Genesis 6, the sons of God which are the angels came done and took human women as wife and had children by them. Golith happens to be one of these children but from a different sect of angels with women. This scripture is talking about that a man and a woman are made for each other. Not a man and a man or an angel and a woman or a man and a beast, remember this is sexualy.

Now if a woman is a christian, then her covering is Jesus. Jesus is her spiritual husband who covers her head. So if a woman stands up a preaches in the house of or Father YHWH, and she is covered by Jesus, then she is covered.

Now let us take a look at another one that is miss used.

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1 Corinthians 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
35. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.


Now many would go and say that this is strieght forward that women can not speak in church. True, if you remove the rest of the chapter and don't look at the greek. But that is not the case here. Paul was addressing this church for hold service in choas where no one can learn. Early in the chapter he dress then men down for having to many talking at once. Here in this set of verses, in the greek, Paul is addressing the women about chitter chatter while some one is talking. This has nothing to do with women preaching, but has to to with talking while the speaker is speaking. If you are talking to someone while the tearcher is bring for the word, the person who may need the word might not be able to hear it becuase of the chatter.

Some church donot listen to this scripture so while the precher is bring forth the message, you have poeple chouting and running up and down the asile during this time keep other from hearing. This here is a spirit of confusion and is of the devil. Now there is nothing wrong with saying "amen" or like words during certain parts of the service. Nor is there anything wrong in answering when the speaker ques you to answer.

I'm not talking about falling out or stirred up during the singing or the praising. I'm talking about when a man or woman is there to give the world of God and the people can't hear it becuase some one who thinks they are in the spirit is running around crying out loud, that is of the devil becuase that is hinder the people from hereing the world. It is basically chaos.

There is a time and place but there should never be something that will distract people from hearing the word of our Father. Praise and Whorshpi is where the dancing, singing in the spirit needs to take place, not during any preaching or teaching unless the preson who is speaking has them to come up an demostrate it for a moment.

Now let's take a look at women in power, nut first let's read over how the church'es goverement is to be set up.

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1 Corinthians 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.


Ok the first woman we are going to look at is Deborah. We will find her in the OT of the bible.

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Judges 4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.


Now if you recall, a prophet is sceond in command of the church, so to speak. Here we have a woman who is both a prophetess and a judge. Side note, her husband is also a prophet. Mainy of the children of Israel went to Deborah for help and advise and she earn the title "The mother of Israel" becuase she was a woman the held YHWH's commandments. So women, you can not only hold a job in town, but you can also hold an office in the church as well.

Ok let's speed up to the NT with Jesus and the woman of Samaria.

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John 4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

John 4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
28. The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
29. Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
30. Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.


That is right, after Jesus revealed unto her salvation is on its way, so she went into the city and preached unto the men. "Now wait a minute Rock, it says she told or spoke to the men not preach." Which is true but true preaching is nothing more then spreading the good news, which is what she was doing.

Now some are saying, ok a woman can hold an office and a woman can preach, but a woman can not run a church. Not so. There is a woman in the bible who not only was in holds an office of a church, but it was a deacon and Paul told the men to go and help her. Her name is Phebe.

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Romans 16

1. I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
2. That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.


So now you'll say "Ok I see this woman works in a church but where is it that says she was a deacon" To find that we have to go back to the greek. The world "servent" in verse one is "diakonos" in the greek which translates to our word deacon. It is the same word find in 1Timothy 3 where we see the requiments of a deacon and is the same word for minister through out the book of Ephesians.

So recap, we've seen a woman holding the office of a prophet and a judge, we seen a woman out preaching unto men, and we see a woman deacon who had some men under her. So the next time some one says a woman can not preach or hold an office in the church, show them these scripture. Also, the word Preacher in the book of Ecclesiastes 1:1 is "qoheleth" which is hebrew for a female preacher.