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Good Order In the Church
Christians are deeply divided over the issue of ordaining women to the Ministry of the Church. For one group of Christians in the Church the trend to welcome women into the ordained Ministry is received with great joy, while in another it is looked upon as a breakdown in God’s good order. While the first group look forward to having their first woman Archbishop, or Moderator of the General Assembly, the second group see it as the clearest indication that the Church is desperately sick. When the Bible is used to justify positions which are polar opposites one suspects that something has gone seriously awry.
The position adopted in this work is that men and women are both to have dominion over God’s creation (Gen 1:28) and each was created by a wise God with a different but complementary purpose in mind. The difference in purpose is based on gender: “male and female created he them.” Man, as “the glory of God,” is to fulfil the purpose God meticulously planned for him; and woman, as “the glory of man,” is to fulfil a different purpose that God has meticulously planned for her as seen in her different constitution—physical, mental, and emotional.
The position adopted in this work is that men and women are both to have dominion over God’s creation (Gen 1:28) and each was created by a wise God with a different but complementary purpose in mind. The difference in purpose is based on gender: “male and female created he them.” Man, as “the glory of God,” is to fulfil the purpose God meticulously planned for him; and woman, as “the glory of man,” is to fulfil a different purpose that God has meticulously planned for her as seen in her different constitution—physical, mental, and emotional.
579 pages, ebook
First published March 10, 2002
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