Second, the idea of the eternal subordination of the Son goes against the most basic Christian traditions, the creeds. Since the time of Athanasius and the early church creeds, Christian orthodoxy has affirmed that there is one God existing eternally in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in being, power, and glory.
We support gender equality in the Church not despite what the Bible teaches, but because of the Bible’s affirmations of women in ministry
The Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood #6 asserts the “husband’s authority” and that “some governing and teaching roles within the church are restricted to men.” People who believe this commonly claim to uphold the traditional teaching on gender roles in the church.
Hopefully, one passage at a time, translators will better reflect the gender equality in God’s Word.
One of the mantras of complementarians is the “order of creation,” by which they mean that because man was created before woman, men should have authority over women. Is this biblical?
Here Peter also not only commands wives to submit themselves to their own husbands, but also commands husbands to submit themselves to their own wives and to honor their wives as joint heirs of the gracious gift of life.
In sharp contrast to patriarchal Greco-Roman “household tables,” which directly address only the father of the family and assign him final authority in the household, Paul addresses all members of the household and calls all to be accountable to Christ.
Many people claim that the Bible teaches “male headship” because 1 Corinthians 11:3 states, “man is the head of woman.”
This passage has many statements, including the following twelve, that do not make sense if it’s about a Church custom that all women must have a garment covering symbolizing subordination.
Furthermore, the translation, “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man,” is dubious for four reasons.
