Winger says a wife co-teaching an adult Sunday school Bible study IS an elder-type role and would be wrong under his complementarian view. However, co-teaching a topical class (like parenting) is NOT eldership and he'd be fine with it. He warns against creating Pharisaic rules but draws the line at verse-by-verse Bible teaching.
Bonus Q after viewer watched WIM series: Is a woman helping her husband teach a co-ed adult Sunday school class an elder-type role?
Key claims: (1) Paul's rule is not just about the TITLE of elder — it's about the FUNCTION: 'don't allow a woman to teach or have authority over a man.' (2) Teaching a verse-by-verse study of Ephesians, Galatians, Hebrews = 'that's eldery.' (3) A parenting class for six weeks = NOT uniquely eldership, and he sees no problem with wife co-teaching that. (4) Sunday school groups 'can become like little churches inside the larger church' — so context matters. (5) He warns against Pharisaic boundary-drawing: 'we get to be like the Pharisees when they made all those rules about the Sabbath.' (6) Facilitating (asking questions, occasionally explaining) vs. teaching is a gray area he won't 'sweat.' (7) Extensive rant against egalitarian scholarship: 'their arguments on scripture are so so bad,' 'bad Bible studies, bad hermeneutics, twisting the text of Greek and Hebrew, misrepresenting history.' (8) Claims he can make a better case for open theism or annihilationism than for egalitarianism. (9) Reiterates patriarchal side also gets things wrong: women aren't inherently more easily deceived, shouldn't be barred from theological education. (10) 'The complementarian and patriarchal side are fundamentally right.
Responses
Scripture Commentary
article
Why Mike Winger is Wrong About “Authenteō” in 1 Timothy 2:12 – and Why It Matters
Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the meaning of authenteō in 1 Timothy 2:12
Theology
verse entry
1 Timothy 2:11-15
Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis
Theology
verse entry
Ephesians 4:11-13
Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis
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