1. Why It Matters What You Believe

2. Agenda Women in early times Women in the New Testament Women’s roles Why it matters what we believe

3. Women in early times Greek Culture Roman Culture Jewish Culture Aristotle 384 BC – 322 BC

4. Women in the New Testament Christ’s interaction with women – Matt 1:1-17;Luke 7:36 Both bound by marriage and divorce laws – Matt 19:9; Mark 10:11-12 Both equal in salvation – Gal 3:28

5. Women’s roles Manage the house – 1 Tim 5:14 – DISCUSSION: What do you think “manager the house means? Servant – Rom 16:1-2; Php 4:2-3 – DISCUSSION: What ways can women be servants in the church?

6. Women’s roles Teaching younger women – Titus 2:1-5 Teaching children – 2 Tim 1:1-5 Teaching with husbands in home studies – Acts 18:24-26

7. Why it matters what we believe No New Testament examples of women teaching or leading men – 1 Tim 2:12 – DISCUSSION: Is this verse enough guidance on women not teaching men? Women are to keep silent in church – 1 Cor 14:34-35 – DISCUSSION: Where does this pertain today?

8. Why it matters what we believe The woman’s role is not inferior in the “body of the church” – I Cor 12:12-31