Women in Ministry and Ordination: Patriachalism, Egalitarianism and Complementarianism

The main objective for this study is to analyze the various theological arguments surrounding the ordination of women in the Church and why people choose a particular line of argument, with a particular attention to the three main views or arguments on women in ministry, namely; egalitarianism, patriarchalism and complementarianism. History has proven that all theological debates concerning women in ministry have followed these three patterns or views. So to accomplish this, the historical research method was deployed to help us analyze these views. In this research, I found out that, the differences in these views is what I call “Scripture-view”. All three line of argument claim Biblical backing and authenticity. They all tend to lean on a particular or some particular Biblical texts for their argument, most of these texts are Pauline. It is therefore recommended that anyone taking a stand on women ordination should do so intelligently and not be sentimental about it. Taking into consideration more what the Bible has to say, since that is our manual or guide as Evangelical Christians, rather than depending on the philosophies of men and modernism.Read more