“Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says”
(1 Corinthians 14:34).

“I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere. . .Let women learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression”
(1 Timothy 2:8, 11-14).

The clarity of the Bible is unambiguous regarding God’s will. The role for man primarily involves “headship” while the role of woman involves “submission” (compare Ephesians 5:22-33). This is not a matter of one’s personal opinion, but rather simply a matter of what is written. The question is: “Are you ready to accept the role that God has written for you?” Obviously, the above passages forbid a woman to teach in certain circumstances. Women are commanded to be “teachers of good things” (Titus 2:3). We even see an example in the Bible where a woman with her husband corrected a preacher (Acts 18:26). So then, women can teach and can even teach men, but 1 Timothy 2:12 forbids her to “teach or to have authority OVER a man.” Her teaching and authority are not to be “over” a man. Preachers regularly stand up and preach with “authority” over others (Titus 2:14); however, this is not to be a woman’s role. If you are a member of a congregation who has women standing “over” men teaching and preaching, you are a member of something that the Bible condemns?

Allow me to clarify some things. It is not a matter of talent, for some women are much better communicators than some men. Neither is it a matter of inferiority seeing that men and women are both created in the image of God and neither are independent from each other (Genesis 1:27; 1 Cor. 11:11). It is simply a matter of roles that Deity has given and also practices. “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God” (1 Corinthians 11:3). When the inspired apostle writes of the roles for men and women, he appeals to the model of the Godhead along with that of creation, showing Adam was formed first then woman and that woman was deceived by the serpent. Likewise, the three persons of the Godhead have distinct roles too. We see from the above passage that God (the Father) is head of Christ. The Holy Spirit is also subjective to Jesus (John 15:26; 16:13-15). The Father’s role was legislative; the Son’s role was executive; the Holy Spirit’s role is primarily of revelation (John 14:31; 16:13).

Men and women, together, can relate to Jesus in that as He is head of the church, so the husband is to be toward his wife, and as He submits to the Father, so the women to the man. Ironically, while women preachers are trying to teach the world the Word, they stand with the world in violation to the Word.