Philip B. Payne

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  Mar 31, 2023

  Can women be pastors? What I discovered during 50 years of research.

  Shortly after beginning my Ph.D. studies in Cambridge, a lecturer stated, “No passage in the New Testament, understood in its original context, limits the ministry of women.” I almost stood up and shouted, “That’s not true.” I thought 1 Timothy 2:12’s prohibition of women teaching men was the perfect refutation.