![]() Other SBC schools already teach message-preparation classes for women. … The study of Scripture and the love of theology can’t be limited to just one of the two genders.” “Women who are complementarian in conviction want to in the proper place with the proper methodology. “Sometimes complementarian institutions and pastors act a little bit out of fear that if they equip women, then women will necessarily take on a role that God has not given them. ![]() 12:11)-to both men and women (Acts 2:17)-for the common good of the church. The Holy Spirit distributes spiritual gifts as he wills (1 Cor. The school, like fellow Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) institutions, ascribes to the Baptist Faith and Message, which limits the office of pastor to qualified men, while affirming that “both men and women are gifted for service in the church.” “If that’s what the women in the class wanted, they wouldn’t be at Southern.” “A few radical fringe complementarians say, ‘Oh, look! Southern Baptists are training women pastors!’” York said. Many want to serve at their local church, some want to teach in the academy, but none had ambitions for pulpit ministry. All said they wanted to know how to study God’s Word more deeply. Women at Southern Seminary and several other complementarian programs had similar motivations for learning to teach the Bible. Kahoun attends seminary to strengthen her ability to serve the local church, not through vocational ministry but as an equipped volunteer. Hershael York teaches Biblical Exposition for Women at Southern Seminary. For decades, York’s male-only preaching class has helped prepare pastors to preach. Male and female students in SBTS’s graduate programs can take Christian Teaching, which includes how to design an instructional plan for teaching the Bible and other matters of Christian doctrine and living. “Having a good hermeneutic, solid exegesis, and putting in a form people can engage and apply is the same preparation process whether you are a man in the pulpit or a woman teaching a Sunday school class.” “God is raising up women with burdens to be equipped to teach,” said Hershael York, dean of the school of theology at SBTS and a preaching professor who teaches the newly formed class. The class is the first of its kind ever since the Conservative Resurgence in the 1990s, the seminary has made a distinction between preaching classes for men and teaching classes that are open to women. This semester, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) started offering Biblical Exposition for Women. ![]() ![]() So more programs are training women to teach with their own versions of the preaching classes that have long been reserved for men. Preparing a message of biblical exposition isn’t a task confined to one gender, even for complementarians. ![]()
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