Women ministry IV

Romans 16:13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

When you look at Paul’s life in Romans 16, he saluted a number of people, over 25 people the majority of whom were women. He greeted Phoebe, Priscilla, Rufus’s mother whom he calls as his own. Being a mother does not mean you first become 40 years old. You can be a mother at 20. At the universities, the female leaders in Christian cycles are called mama's literally interpreted as mother, illustrating the point above.

Sad to say, many women cannot behave motherly or even lead others in church because of wrong beliefs. For example some people believe women are not supposed to be preachers. I know of a lady who at one time fell prey to such teachings. She had always wanted to become a pastor until some people with wrong doctrine convinced her that women are not to be preachers! And many of them pull that out of Paul’s writings who wrote that the women should not talk in church but inquire from their husbands at home. People use that scripture to say that Paul refused women from preaching. If that was true then they should not even sing, testify, etc which is inconsistent. Paul was talking about something totally different which you have to put in context. He was dealing with unruly women who were disrupting the order of service by theirs being so talkative even when they were not called upon to talk, 1 Cor 14:34-35. Since He didn't mean what others misinterpreted him for, we wouldn't have had women like Priscilla who was believed to be the head of the church in her home. 

Dear women, you have a leadership role to play in a home and in the church therefore do not fear to lead if that's where God has called you.