A study conference on the topic of "The Role of Men & Women in the Church"

Overview:

During the past year, the Council of Elders (COE) has been studying the role of the elder as described in the New Testament. As a result of this study, the COE recognizes the need to change the way we operate in order to bring the eldership in line with a more Biblical understanding. One of the changes is the decision to restrict the office of elder to men. This is not meant to preclude women from serving in leadership in the church. In fact, the goal is to expand the presence of women in leadership in Northview in all areas except for the office of elder.

In order to facilitate a better understanding of this topic, we invite you to participate in a study conference focused solely on the topic of “The Role of Men and Women in the Church (and Elsewhere)”. Below is a list of reference material that is recommended prior to the conference.  The conference will present both the Complementarian and the Egalitarian viewpoints and provide time for discussion:

Bibliography

COMPLEMENTARIAN:

Piper, John and Grudem, Wayne, eds. Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood – A Response to Evangelical Feminism. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, a division of Good News Publications, 1991.
Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood – A Response to Evangelical Feminism

McCulley, Carolyn. Radical Womanhood - Feminine Faith in a Feminist World. Chicago: Moody Publishing, 2008.
Radical Womanhood -  Feminine Faith in a Feminist World

Köstenberger, Andreas J.  and Schreiner, Thomas R., eds. Women in the Church: An Analysis and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9-15. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005.
Women in the Church: An Analysis and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9-15

Grudem, Wayne, eds. Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism? Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2006.
Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism?

Gundry, Stanley N., and Beck, James R., eds. Two Views on Women in Ministry- Revised Edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005.
Two Views on Women in Ministry

Mounce, William D., et al., eds. Word Biblical Commentary – Pastoral Epistles. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2000
Word Biblical Commentary – Pastoral Epistles

EGALITARIAN:

Bilezikian, Gilbert. Beyond Sex Roles: What the Bible Says about a Woman’s Place in Church and Family. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2006.
Beyond Sex Roles: What the Bible Says about a Woman’s Place in Church and Family

Groothuis, Rebecca Merrill and Pierce, Ronald W., eds. Discovering Biblical Equality – Complementarity without Hierarchy. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005.
Discovering Biblical Equality – Complementarity without Hierarchy

Webb, William J. Slaves, Women and Homosexuals: Exploring The Hermeneutics Of Cultural Analysis. InterVarsity Press, 2001.
Slaves, Women and Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis

Stackhouse, John G. Jr. Finally Feminist: A Pragmatic Christian Understanding of Gender.  Baker Academic, 2005.
Finally Feminist: A Pragmatic Christian Understanding of Gender

Fee, Gordon D. New International Biblical Commentary – 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1988
New International Biblical Commentary – 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus

Recommended Books:

• Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood – A Response to Evangelical Feminism by Wayne Grudem and John Piper.

• Two Views on Women in Ministry – Revised Edition by Stanley N. Gundry.

• Discovering Biblical Equality – Complementarity without Hierarchy by Rebecca Merrill Groothuis and Ronald W. Pierce, eds.