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by Marie Ewing on June 22nd, 2005

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What do Baptists believe about women leading prayer during the public or formal worship service?

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  • by jalex137 on June 23rd, 2005

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    I am Baptist, and I will tell you what I believe. I am Baptist enough to know that no one can tell you "what Baptists believe" except to tell you that Baptists believe in interpreting the Bible for yourself. There are a number of points of broad agreement among Baptists, and this isn't one of them. Some do not allow any spoken participation by women in public worship, some allow varying degrees, and some make no distinction between men and women at all, even to ordaining women as pastors. I fall in that middle group, and I will point you to an article by Wayne Grudem as being the most Scripturally reasonable positon I know of:
    http://www.cbmw.org/resources/articles/prophecy_teaching.pdf

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    • Well said. (But I can't endorse the article yet... I haven't read it)

      Thom64

      by Thom64 on July 19th, 2005

    • Another Baptist (Southern variety) here ..... and I've NEVER been told or heard that we are capable of interpreting the Bible for ourselves.
      This admonition is aside, of course, from the obvious .... such as the Ten Commandments, Beatitudes, etc.
      Another reason why Greek and Hebrew are required subjects in the schools of theology: Not everything translates exactly into "the king's English".

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on October 25th, 2009

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