Christian Ministry Research Paper

1026 Words3 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Gender equality and religion

There are still those in the Christian community that are perpetrating the erroneous traditional teachings of the Jews pertaining to the prohibiting of women leadership. In America where this practice is upheld there is no growth and in some cases church doors are being closed, because members are leaving. “According to the United Methodist Church, for instance, in 1989 there were 217 black women ministers out of a total 39,700. And in the Episcopal Church, there were 46 black women out of a total of 14694 clergy.” https://www.nyti.ms/29uNGpk It is imperative to note that this error that prohibits or diminishes the woman’s role in leadership is not peculiar to any one culture but to all. “In the African Methodist Episcopal Church there is an …show more content…

This paper will identify some women who defy the erroneous notions of male dominancy in leadership both in the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is also an attempt to prove that this mantle was picked up by women in contemporary societies globally although the male dominancy is strikingly evident in the Christian ministry. This document is consists of research on seven prominent and effective women in the Christian ministries and my personal experience with Reverend Deborah Manson of “The Gospel Truth Christian Center” here in Decatur, are highlighted to further substantiate the awesome contributions women are making in America …show more content…

The notion that this statement is false is not Biblically supported. Because of either ignorance or deliberate misrepresentation of the biblical facts men feel that as the “male-man” he is superior to the “female man” biblically speaking. According to the Bible, “God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground, “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (1) (Genesis 1: 27-28 NIV) in the early Christian churches women were prohibited as servers or leaders traditionally by the Jews. Even after Christianity broke away from Judaism in the second Century this practice was upheld in the churches. It is without a doubt that this essay will change the hearts of many church-goers who believe that women are insignificant in Christian

Show More
Related

  • Analysis Of Bruce Barron Essay

    636 Words  | 2 Pages

    Bruce Barron is a well-known Christian author of many books on the Christian faith, as well as the author of the essay, “PUTTING WOMEN IN THEIR PLACE: 1 TIMOTHY 2 AND EVANGELICAL VIEWS OF WOMEN IN CHURCH LEADERSHIP”. Barron starts off his essay giving some background on the current battle going on in churches today and how various denominations are deciding to go in different paths when it comes to a woman’s role in the church.

    Read More

  • Dbq Christianity Research Paper

    431 Words  | 1 Pages

    As ancient Rome began to fall, Christianity began rising. Around 2,000 years ago, Jesus of Nazareth was born, later to be known as the Messiah or Son of God. When people of the Roman era began to hear of such a powerful being, they began to convert to Christianity. Why did Christianity take hold on the ancient world; Christianity took hold on the ancient world because it offered immortality, equality, and it was spread like wildfire.

    Read More

  • Eve And Adam: Genesis 2-3 Reread By Phyllis Trible

    1548 Words  | 4 Pages

    It is evident that men are often viewed as being superior or more important than females through a variety of different aspects. In the text, Eve and Adam:Genesis 2-3 Reread by Phyllis Trible, Trible discusses the story of Adam and Eve and how this biblical piece is what essentially created the gender roles that are presented in todays society. The first illustration of male dominance is seen when God creates the first human being which happens to be a man (Trible, 141). The males role is to to maintain the garden, take care of the animals and essentially be the one who is in charge (Trible, 141). A woman is only created in order to keep the male company and help him therefore, the woman takes on a secondary role while the man has the primary role clearly showing that men hold more power in society. Another clear example of male domination comes from the text, The Creation and Fall of Man and Woman by Rosemary Agonito states that the reasoning for gender differences is due to Adam and Eve disobeying God by eating from the tree of knowledge. When Adam and Eve make the chose to eat from the tree God gives them both

    Read More

  • Women's Role In The Second Great Awakening

    1180 Words  | 3 Pages

    During the second Great Awakening women helped the churches thrive because they were the ones that kept the pews filled during sermons. Jarnea Lee was a woman who went back into the church and became a part of the congregation which sparked an interest in her wanting to be a pastor. Lee felt it was her calling to be a pastor. Even though she wanted to be a pastor she was denied the opportunity because during the early 19th century women weren’t allowed to be pastors. She didn’t let that stop her. She still preached to different people as a circuit rider. She had a wide range of audience that listen to her. With her powerful messages she became a major figure in the Holiness

    Read More

  • Analysis Of The Black Church In The African American Experience

    702 Words  | 2 Pages

    Unfortunately, through the ages women have been unfairly held back in their ability to lead churches from the pulpit. From a historical perspective this issue is pervasive in mostly all churches whether black or white. The issues of sexism and woman 's rights in the black community often take a back seat to racial issues. It was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Injustices also happen in the church. Discrimination, based on gender bias, in the pulpit is a huge injustice to women, especially black women. The success of past and present churches is largely due to the efforts of women who make up more than a majority of most church congregations. Yet the responsibility to lead those same churchgoers is reserved for a man. What a travesty. The chapter eluded to women holding positions of leadership in Christian churches under titles such as exhorters, evangelists, and missionaries, but this does not do justice to the pivotal work that African-American women perform in the church. Regrettably for the Black Church, many black women have chosen to seek ministry opportunities in white denominations as they have shown more progressive attitudes toward accepting women as leaders in the church setting. Women have shown themselves to be pivotal in the church and are more or less the backbone to the body of believers to whom they serve,

    Read More

  • Women in the Contemporary Church

    1041 Words  | 3 Pages

    Although females in the Catholic Church carry out a number of important roles within their religious community, there are issues of equality still present. For example, women are not able to be ordained or even be able to vote for the election of a new Pope. By enforcing equality, every person will be satisfied and the risk of people rebelling against the Church is minimised. Furthermore, giving females even more roles will positively change the thoughts of other Christian denominations. It is evident that there are equality issues in the status of women in the Catholic Church, and it is of high importance that they should be able to advance as members of the Christian Community.

    Read More

  • How far can you be a Feminist Biblical Scholar and Remain a Faithful Christian?

    2039 Words  | 5 Pages

    Russell, L. M. (1985). ‘Authority and the Challenge of Feminist Interpretation’. In: Russell, L. (ed.). Feminist Interpretation of the Bible. Oxford. Basil Blackwell. pp.137-146.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of 1 Timothy 2: 15

    733 Words  | 2 Pages

    Yes, in every place God has called the men to lead in worship—1 Timothy 2:8. I am certain there are women, within the body of Christ, who would be excellent pulpit preachers, song leaders, and prayer leaders. However, talent or excellence is not our authority in the church. God’s word is our authority.

    Read More

  • Women In Elizabeth Johnson's Quest For The Living God

    1000 Words  | 2 Pages

    Women of these times were obviously not equal to their male counterparts. In modern days however, women are thought of as equals in society. The problem is that they are still not being treated as equals in a religious aspect as well as many other aspects. Elizabeth A. Johnson draws attention to how, despite being considered equal in Genesis, women had their worth ignored “Consistently subordinated and demeaned in the theories, symbols, rituals, A large wave of pro women thinking has arisen in the form of feminist theology. This line of thought draws from Genesis and the idea that men and women were created equally.

    Read More

  • Women's Inferior Status in The Bible

    1023 Words  | 3 Pages

    Corinthians 14:34 states, “Let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law” (Holy Bible, King James Edition). Edith Hamilton, "recognized as the greatest woman Classicist", says that the Bible is the only book before our century that looked to women as human beings, no better nor worse than men (Tanner). However, it cannot be said that this book was consistently favorable to women. Maybe not absolutely, but conditionally in personal opinion, the Bible shows numerous examples of a woman’s inferiority to men, an assessment that has been translated into the cultures of generations. In this essay I will address briefly instances in the bible pertaining to women, and continue on with thoughts on how I believe these notions have been interpreted into society.

    Read More

  • Analysis of Women in the Book of Judges

    1964 Words  | 4 Pages

    When interpreting the Hebrew Bible from a feminist perspective, many are quick to decry the subjugation of women at the hands of men and the lack of female representation in dominant roles in biblical literature. However, although some women are objectified or possibly marginalized, this claim of inequality does not always hold true. Especially in the book of Judges, women are not discarded as characters and are not wholly unappreciated. In fact, the book of Judges features many strong female characters who serve in significant roles, and who are effectively portrayed as leaders, heroes, and capable, resourceful individuals.

    Read More

  • Judaism - Role of Women

    834 Words  | 2 Pages

    First of all, I’d like to say that the role of women in traditional Judaism has been vastly misunderstood. The modern man thinks that the Judaism culture belittles the women in their culture and are low on the chain of command; however, the role of women in halakhah, or Jewish law, whom dates back to the biblical period are in many ways better than the position of women who are under American civil law, as recent as a century ago. (Jewfaq.com) Most of the high powered feminist leaders of the twentieth century (such as Gloria Steinem) are Jewish women, and some commentators have reiterated that this is no coincidence: the respect accorded to women in Jewish tradition was also a part of their ethnic culture.

    Read More

  • Womanist Biblical Scholarship Analysis

    400 Words  | 1 Pages

    Therefore, to be Black and female is to have virtually no claim to the privileges accorded in a white patriarchal society or church. Douglas, Junior, Martin, Sanders and Weems’ scholarship all note the failure of white feminist and Black theologians to advance the interest of Black women in their scholarship and interpretations within the United States context. Similarly, Masenya emphasizes the failures of Black Theology in South Africa to incorporate issues that impact South African women. Junior’s scholarship maps temporal contexts for the emergence of womanist biblical hermeneutics as it provides a much fuller overview of the ways that both white feminist and Black activists failed to argue for the importance of both race and gender in the nineteenth century which resulted in African American women offering new biblical interpretations. Junior maintains that these non-biblical scholars who were activists challenged standard views of the public role of women through biblical interpretation and are the forerunners for womanist biblical interpretation that manifested in the twentieth

    Read More

  • women in religion

    1071 Words  | 3 Pages

    Discrimination of women ins not a thing of the past, these examples show that oppression of women in religion is still practiced. This short essay clearly shows the inclination of religion toward the male species. Religion can escape this prehistoric way of thinking if only people of faith cared enough to exsurt the effort to create change. Religion needs activist’s agnist oppression because if no advances are made then the faithful followers of the sprirt are regressing to neatdral times. Religion has done good for the people of the world in the past, but it not meeting its potential because of the discrimination against half of its followers.

    Read More

  • In Search Of Our Mother's Garden Analysis

    438 Words  | 1 Pages

    Scholars engaging in Womanist biblical hermeneutics transform certain strands of biblical interpretation by drawing from literary, biblical, and other extra-biblical sources as a means to illuminate the hegemonic, patriarchal and kyriarchal powers that render Black women exploited, marginalized and oppressed. Philosopher, Clarice Martin and biblical scholar Nyasha Junior’s scholarship highlights American Womanist religious studies scholar’s appropriation of Alice Walker’s definition and concept of womanism as employed in her text In Search of Our Mother’s Garden to reflect their distinctive focus on African American women in their scholarship. Additionally, Junior charts the development of the term “womanist” throughout the expansion of womanist

    Read More

More about Christian Ministry Research Paper

Open Document