Biblical Gender Roles Of The Family And Church - 775 Words

Wyatt Horne Apologetics Mr. Garris 9 February 2015 Biblical Gender Roles The question of gender roles, specifically in the family and church, often come up in modern day society. Who should have leadership in the home? Who should lead in the church? Egalitarians hold the belief that men and women should have the same roles and are equal in their abilities and obligations, which is the widely held belief of the feminist movement. On the other hand, complementarians hold the belief that there should be different gender roles held in the church and in the family. God created specific gender roles for men and women to distinguish them from one another. Men and women differ in their roles because God created man first: â€Å"Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.†/And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to man† (Genesis 2:7, 22). There is extreme significance in the fact that man was creat ed before woman. During the time period that Genesis was written, the firstborn child had certain authority over the succeeding children (give examples), just like that of Adam and Eve:), â€Å"For Adam was formed first, then Eve† (1 Timothy 2:13). God formed Adam to be the leader of the two in the garden. God has created man to be accountable for his wife. â€Å"But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, ‘Where are you?’...‘Who told you that you were naked?Show MoreRelatedSusan T. Foh s The Christian Faith865 Words   |  4 Pagesin function with male headship in the home and in the Church. This view of gender roles is drawn from Biblical interpretations and emphasizes the equality as well as the valuable dissimilarities of men and women. Susan T. Foh, a Christian author, has redefined the concept of complementarity in her own terms, coining the phrase ontologically equal, but functionally subordinate (Foh, 391). 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