In the midst of these judgments, God promised that redemption would come through “the seed of the woman,” Gen 3:15.

Jesus Christ will bring us back to God’s original order which will be Man, meaning Christ first and then woman, His Bride, His Church, which is New Creation Order, Eph 5:22-33.

The Christian home should be a place of ORDER. Husband and wife relationships should represent the relationship of Christ and His Bride, the Church.

Christianity brings the greatest honor and respect to the woman above all other nations and cultures.

A. Women may be BORN AGAIN and become New Creatures in Christ, John 3:1-5.

B. Women may receive the HOLY SPIRIT and anointing, Acts 2:1-11.

C. Women may SPEAK in tongues as the Spirit gives them utterance, Acts 2:1-4.

D. Men and Women are together PRIESTS in the New Covenant Church, 1 Peter 2:5-9.

E. Women may PROPHECY, Acts 2:17-21 (Prophecy includes edification, exhortation and comfort).

F. Women may have faith for MIRACLES, Heb 11:35; 2 Tim 1:5.

G. Women may evangelize and bring the GOSPEL to men, even as the woman of Samaria did, bringing men to Christ, John 4.

H. Women may have the ministry of PRAYER and intercession which can include:
a. Prayer with their husbands, 1 Peter 3:1-8
b. Prayer for the sick, Mark 16:15-20
c. Prayer in the public meetings in the Church, 1 Cor 11:5; 1 Tim 2:8-10; Acts 16:13
d. Prayer with other women, Acts 16:13
e. Prayer with men in the Church, Acts 1:13-15

I. Women may TEACH. This may include:
a. Teaching with their husbands, as Priscilla and Aquila, Acts 18:18; 24-28; Rom 16:3; 2 Tim 4:19
b. Teaching younger women, Titus 2:4-5
c. Teaching children and youth the ways of the Lord, 2 Tim 1:5 (Eunice and Lois taught Timothy the Scriptures)
d. Teaching under authority of the man, not usurping authority, 2 Tim 2:9-15

J. Women LABORED with Paul and others in the Gospel of Christ, Phil 4:3; Rom 16:3, 6, 12; Acts 18:26.

K. Women may operate in the gifts of the SPIRIT as He wills, 1 Cor 12:1-13.

L. There was an evident ministry of widows in the Early Church who ministered HOSPITALITY, cared for children, relieved the afflicted, 1 Tim 5:1-16; James 1:27.

M. Women may be DEACONESSES, Rom 16:1-2.

N. Women may minister to woman in COUNSELING, Titus 2:4-5.

Headship means authority, order, loving care, discipline, covering, protection, provision, responsibility and security.

Headship is first in the natural, then the spiritual. If the woman is not to have headship in the natural home, then it would be contradictory to have it in the house of the Lord. It would be a violation of a Divine principle.

Women who function in the Church in any gift or capacity should seek to:
A. Have the home in Divine order. To minister in the house of the Lord should come out of a home that is in order.
B. Be Scripturally qualified as a Godly woman with character qualities.
C. Be under male leadership, either her husband’s and/or Church leadership, so that she is acting under authority and not usurping authority.
D. Beware of Humanistic Philosophy that teaches “Women Liberation”, “Feminist Movements” and rebellion against male leadership in the home or the Church.
E. Beware of having a “masculine” spirit, even as the man must beware of having a “feminine” spirit.