Women Can't Hold Authority in the Church

Paul gives specific requirements for what kinds of men can be in leadership in the church. Paul's not purposely trying to block women from serving, but there is some kind of precedent that he's operating from as a devout Jew become Christian. When a woman teaches and speaks the scripture, there is an authority inherent to that. And so when we look at that first assumption that women can't hold authority, we have to look where it's coming from.