Rev Al Mohler has jumped into this war against women and will make a motion to the SBC when they meet in June to ban Baptists from calling any woman “pastor” or even giving her the responsibilities of pastor to children or women.

Rev Al Mohler is the epitome of male headship and wants all Baptists to fall into line.

Al Mohler’s proposed “Truth and Unity Amendment” to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Constitution aims to permanently cement the denomination’s ban on women serving as pastors. The proposal amends the SBC Constitution to add an enumerated clause specifying that cooperating churches cannot “act to affirm, appoint, or endorse a woman serving in the office or function of a pastor/elder/overseer, such as preaching to the assembled congregation.” (Baptist Standard)

As stated previously, male headship means that all males have authority over all females all of the time. It is commonly referred to as leadership, because even complementarians realize how ridiculous male headship sounds.

Remember that, among Christians, there are two generally accepted views on how women are to be treated in the church and also in the home. Each view has variations as some adherents are more restrictive than others. The majority of Christians have never considered themselves to be either complementarian or egalitarian. However, whichever teaching a church or denomination subscribes to, one of those terms would apply.

Women are either equal or they are not

Even in society at large, women fit into one of these categories. There cannot be a half-way measure. Either women are equal or they are not. Most of the world has decided that women are not equal. We cannot change the whole world, but Christians have a responsibility to be like Jesus, and that means treating women with love as equals instead of with contempt and superiority.

As previously explained, complementarian is a word coined by the writers of the Danvers Statement to describe their teaching which they believe sets the guidelines for how men and women best complete or complement each other. It means that men and women have certain roles which they claim define manhood and womanhood.

A man’s role is to have authority over his wife and to have authority in the home and church. A woman’s role is to be submissive to, and supportive of, her husband. She must follow her husband’s leadership in everything. Because of this teaching about the family, women cannot have authority over men in church.

Some complementarians insist that women are to refrain from assuming authority over men even in the workplace.

The wife’s “role” of submission is praised and glorified. She is told that she is equal-but. Equal, but according to something they call God’s grand design, she is to have a lesser position in the church, in her own home, and even before her children. Men and women who are unmarried must also adhere to the roles prescribed for their gender, which consist of leadership and authority for males, and submissiveness for females. This teaching keeps women in a permanent subordinate role.

So, let’s talk about churches, entities, people, and complementarianism.

Our next subject is: How the SBC is complementarian

Shirley Taylor Books (available on Amazon in print and on Kindle)
The Biblical Marriage Myth: The Devil Comes Calling
The Power of a Book: The Street Evangelist
Raising the Hood: A Christian Look at Manhood and Womanhood
Women Equal: No Buts
Dethroning Male Headship: 2nd Edition
From Wife to Widow: What I Know Now
Beyond the Grave: A Christian Dilemma