The transformation of church leadership through an understanding of biblical maleness

Robert G Decker

Etd

The transformation of church leadership through an understanding of biblical maleness

Public Deposited

MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Robert G Decker. The Transformation of Church Leadership Through an Understanding of Biblical Maleness. Reformed Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/1810ae64-aa6c-4f2a-8906-edbf240f621f.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

R. G. Decker. The transformation of church leadership through an understanding of biblical maleness. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/1810ae64-aa6c-4f2a-8906-edbf240f621f

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Robert G Decker. The Transformation of Church Leadership Through an Understanding of Biblical Maleness. Reformed Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/1810ae64-aa6c-4f2a-8906-edbf240f621f.

Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

Creator

Robert G Decker

Rights Statement

In Copyright

Abstract

Biblical maleness, properly defined, teaches that men and women are created as equals, but with different gender-defined roles. Men are designed and equipped to lead the family and the church. Women are to actively help and submit to the man's leadership. This understanding has been the central tradition of the church for the first 1800 years of her existence and has only been challenged in recent centuries. The uniqueness of this project serves to illustrate the consequences that result when men fail to lead by way of three selected biblical narratives from Genesis. The passages are each grammatically and thematically tied by the phrase 'listening to the voice of' or 'obeying the voice of'. For example, the Adam is cursed, not only because he ate the fruit, but because he 'listened to the voice of his wife' (Gen. 3:17). This failed leadership continues to plague men's efforts through two male/female narratives in Genesis (Gen. 16:1-6; Gen. 27:1-44).

Publisher