Male headship is contrary to everything Jesus said

In fact, male headship is contrary to everything Jesus said. The apostle Paul recognized this in his letter to the Galatians (3:26-28) where he wrote, “You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ.”

Therefore, we are presented with three scriptural challenges to the doctrine of men being the heads of women: 1) It is contrary to Jesus’ teaching and actions; 2) it makes men the vicars of Christ on earth if men are the head of women; 3) it removes Christ from headship over women; otherwise you have to believe that it takes two—one divine God and one earthly god—to be the head of one woman.

Complementarian teaching has harmed the Gospel

Scriptures used to support complementarian teaching have been studied and explained, and the meanings, it seems, depends upon who is speaking at the moment. One theologian says this and another says something else entirely different. This has distorted Jesus in the process, and has elevated marriage into something it was never intended to be. These scriptures have caused as much hurt and unhappiness as any other scriptures in the Bible, all because of the demand for a complementarian interpretation of what Paul is saying.

Pastors, bloggers, and theologians have produced untold words describing how women are to submit and behave. Seminary professors have taught courses, and books have been written on the subject of the subordination of women. Careers have been built upon it. This does not glorify God. This does not build up the body of Christ.

Teaching that women must submit to their husbands, without taking into consideration how the culture of that day impacted what methods Paul used to teach about God, does not do anything to further the gospel.  Instead, this teaching has harmed the gospel, just as it has harmed women.

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