The Biblical Role for Women

I downloaded this paper today and it looks good. Thanks to the UCG to the doctrinal committee for it. If it is not attached, you can download it at www.ucg.org

We know that some here are advocating that women should be able to give opening and closing prayers and do song leading during Church services.

Would that be prevented under the overall concept of a woman's Biblical role?

I believe that this idea is driven by the following:

1. a desire to get as close to the world's position as possible (some fear that they might be going against legislation or anticipated legislation without any knowledge of this at all);
2. some who would use this as a stepping stone to ordaining women to eldership (some quite senior).

The problem is that so many people are not hearing messages or seeing articles countering this world's views on this and many other social issues. As such, they absorb the world's Leftist positions. Particularly the youth.

I have noticed over the years that parents are not fully aware to the extent that their offspring absorb political correctness from the media, schools and especially universities - the feeling seems to be that so long as they can observe the Sabbath and Holy Days then all is well (in other words many social values are 'up for grabs' - political correctness is not seen in a bad light).