Minister of Reconciliation, Victor T. Stephens (2018): “As a result, instead of being obedient to God’s command, they have allowed many women to lead them into disobedience and sin… Paul specifically states that women are restricted from teaching and exercising authority over men (1 Tim. 2:11-14). He says “Let a woman learn (Greek “manthano”) in silence.” In the church, the woman’s role is that she is to be a submissive learner, not an authoritative teacher. “

It is interesting that many professing Christian women say, “I want to serve God, I want to bring honor to God” on one hand, and then on another hand will deliberately violate God’s command as it relates to divine authority in the home and the church. Ironically, in their efforts to gain positions of leadership, so called Christian feminist have actually defamed femininity by deprecating natural gender distinctions.

The dismissal and denial of the veracity of Scripture by representatives of the secular feminist movement have been unopposed by apprehensive, passive, and irresolute men in politically correct churches. Rather than possessing the spiritual and moral fortitude to exercise their role as leaders by confronting this issue, they have found it more convenient to conform to an infidelic and social agenda by adapting to a policy of theological liberalism. As a result, instead of being obedient to God’s command, they have allowed many women to lead them into disobedience and sin.

Now … First Timothy 2:11-14 and First Corinthians 14:34-37 indicate that God has established an authority structure and role distinctions within the church. In his instructions to the church (1 Tim. 3:14-15), Paul specifically states that women are restricted from teaching and exercising authority over men (1 Tim. 2:11-14). He says “Let a woman learn (Greek “manthano”) in silence.” In the church, the woman’s role is that she is to be a submissive learner, not an authoritative teacher. The word “silence” (Greek “hesuchia”) in 1 Tim. 2:11 does not mean complete silence (Greek “siopao”), but is defined as maintaining a composure of quietness and peacefulness. This is diametrically distinctive to teaching and having authority over men in a church assembly.

In 1 Timothy 2:13, Paul references back to the beginning when God created Adam and Eve. He states that God formed Adam first. As being first in the creation order, Adam patently stood as the natural head. Later in God’s creation process the Lord formed Eve from Adam’s rib to serve the role as a helper (Gen. 2:18), not someone to exercise authority over him. The concept of this verse is to illustrate the correlation between Adam and Eve (the creation order) with the relationship between men and women in the context of a church assembly. Thus, the theological foundation of headship in the home and the church begins with the man. The firstborn headship principle is also found in Colossians 1:18:

It is clear from Scripture that the family structure serves as a paradigm for church structure.