THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING PAUL'S DOCTRINES AGAINST WOMEN KEEPING SILENCE IN CHURCH.....

THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING PAUL'S DOCTRINES AGAINST WOMEN KEEPING SILENCE IN CHURCH.....

PART ONE

??? THE QUESTIONS ARE "SHOULD WOMEN PREACH IN CHURCH? SHOULD WOMEN BECOME GENERAL OVERSEERS?

        Lets trace the foundation of all these. 1 Corinthians 14: 33-end Paul speaking here refereed to women as having no authority to speak in church but rather remain silent and speak to their husbands at home. One would quickly submit to this doctrine and it will create a controversy if you view this without a proper understanding of it.  Now lets trace some few things and I believe this will help explain why Apostle Paul made this reference to women. Take a look at  verse 33 in 1 Corinthians 14. It says "for God is not the author of confusion,  but peace,, as in all churches in the saints... looking at this statement it points to two things
1. There is a contest, a rival, a war between two parties and its affecting the peace of the church.
2. There is an overthrown,  overturned and an overtaking activities going on and this is creating a space for some insubordination.
And if we proceed further to verse 34 and 35 you will notice that the women became popular and started occupying some vital positions and indirectly putting the men aside. This development grew beyond the church and it escalated and spread into their homes. The women are not suppose to be the head of the homes but submissive to the husband. This brought a lot of insubordination and wives not submitting to their husband at home. What becomes of a home without submission and what becomes of a church without a peaceful home and families.
In other to regulates this, Apostle Paul have to come with this doctrine to regulates and discipline this misbehavior. In over all explanation, verse 40 speaks of DECENCY and ORDERLINESS. This was his ultimate goal.
Take a look at 1 Timothy 2: 10 -15 . I believe this will give you a better explanation of what I have said earlier.  This became a teaching of SUBJECTION and AUTHORITY.
This two subject plays a vital role in creating a peaceful home and  church.

So it is not wrong for women to be General overseers or preach in church. Jesus said " go yea into the world and preach ........" this is an assignment for everyone not for the men alone. But the women should not use this as right over their husband at home. I will discuss this later in part two of this article. But note this; The call to ministry is not restricted to men alone but the head of the family is the man "husband" not the woman.