Abstract
Currently, there are churches that choose to limit the contribution of women in the exercise of their ministry in some ecclesiastical sectors, or even to silence her. Therefore, this research is based on the following question: how does the analysis of the role of women in the biblical context help in accepting the legitimacy of the female pastorate in the evangelical church today? Thus, the objective of this study is to provide a new horizon in the understanding of the theme of female ecclesiastical leadership, in order to contribute to the solvement of this problem and to the breaking of paradigms, in the light of the Holy Bible, describing the main difficulties faced by women in the ministerial exercise, while seeking to understand the thought derived from aspects of the social context, political, historical, economic and religious from the time when the biblical texts were written. For this purpose, bibliographic research and the qualitative approach were used as a descriptive methodological presupposition, because it was necessary to present elements and facts extracted from history regarding these aspects, since the combination of all made it possible to translate the way men and women of that time behaved, thought and felt. It is also understood that this thought permeated the tradition of the Church over the centuries, however, it is emphasized that the cultural tradition of the time does not have the same sociocultural elements of today. In this sense, information is gathered about the difficulties faced by women in the social and religious field, the female function in Judaism, their participation in Christianity, since the way Jesus treated them; to their participation in the Early Church, in addition to offering space for analysis of biblical texts that shed light on the biblical view of female ministries, an account of the history of Deborah, a pastor in practice, although she does not bear the title, as well as, addresses on pastoral ministry as a gift given by God. It is concluded that today it is called for more fearless, courageous, faithful to God, godly, obedient, loyal women, pastors of souls, such as Deborah, Miriam, Huldah, among others. After all, for men and women there is one God, one mission (his), one vision and one target, Jesus.
Highlights
On the subject of female leadership in today's society, if the following question were directed at people of different genders: "Would you willingly accept being led by a military captain if it were your subordinate officer? Would you agree to be the co-pilot of an airplane aware that he's flown by a woman? Would you agree to submit to the guidelines of a company manager?" possibly the response of many, both men and women, would be, "Yes, as long as she is fully qualified for the role." in the ecclesiastical environment, the ordination of women to leadership positions has been the subject of many discussions in recent times.Ecclesiastical tradition often prohibits women from preaching or teaching
The female figure has suffered from intellectual repression, albeit silent, and sometimes humiliations, which has triggered the female struggle for its space in a world dominated, by entire generations, by the male figure. Factors such as wage inequality, invisible obstacles in promotions, disrespect and abuse of male authority, have still been the reality of many women today. Faced with this difficulty of understanding, this research is justified by bringing together biblical concepts and foundations that address the theme of female ecclesiastical leadership, after all, God does not depend on human judgments to accomplish his redemptive work
In the history of the Church, Jesus relies on men and women as co-workers of his Mission given to the Church
Summary
On the subject of female leadership in today's society, if the following question were directed at people of different genders: "Would you willingly accept being led by a military captain if it were your subordinate officer? Would you agree to be the co-pilot of an airplane aware that he's flown by a woman? Would you agree to submit to the guidelines of a company manager?" possibly the response of many, both men and women, would be, "Yes, as long as she is fully qualified for the role." in the ecclesiastical environment, the ordination of women to leadership positions has been the subject of many discussions in recent times. We sought to gather information from biblical and Judeo-Christian literature on the subject, in order to clarify the following question: how does the analysis of the role of women in the biblical context help in accepting the legitimacy of the female pastorate in the evangelical church today?. This research aims to contribute to the clarification of what the Bible teaches about the role of women in christ's Church and how He makes her a participant in her Mission, with elements and facts extracted from history, in order to provide a new horizon in understanding the theme of female ecclesiastical leadership. The last topic of discussion presents “the pastoral ministry as a gift given by God” and that, He gives it to whomever and as He wants, without any distinction, solely for the edification of His Church; ending with final remarks
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