Christ The King Anglican Church

Associate Pastor Isaiah DeVyldere preaches from the the Second Book of Samuel on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost.

Lead Pastor Ashley Mathews preaches from the Psalms on the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost.

In the final episode of the Men, Women & Gospel series, pastors Ashley Mathews and Isaiah DeVyldere respond to five questions submitted by listeners: What is the relationship between this view of women leading in the church and human sexuality? How were maleness and femaleness understood in Genesis? And should that inform how we understand it today? What are the implications of Paul's call to mutual submission for marriages today? Why were Paul's requirements for elders and deacons gender normative? Or were they? If they were women leading in the early church after Pentecost, why do we not see a continuation of women leading in the church historically?Biblical references:Genesis 2Ephesians 5:211 Timothy 2:5,6, 3:4Other works referenced:Click HERE for a visual illustration of how male “headship” is taught in some Christian contexts (in contradiction to 1 Timothy 2:5,6).The quote from Linda L. Belleville is from chapter one of the book Two Views on Women in Ministry published by Zondervan. The Patient Ferment of the Early Church: The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire by Alan KreiderThe Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries by Rodney Stark

Lead Pastor Ashley Mathews preaches from the Book of 1 Samuel on the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost.

Pastors Ashley Mathews and Isaiah DeVyldere discuss what the Bible has to say about the roles of men, women, and the Gospel.Biblical references:Ephesians 5:21-6:9Philemon 11 Timothy 1, 2:8-3:1aActs 19, 20:17-38 Other works referenced:Trinity Without Hierarchy: Reclaiming Nicene Orthodoxy in Evangelical TheologyEdited by Michael Bird and Scott Harrower. The longer quote on “headship” and Ephesians 5 is from Icons of Christ: A Biblical and Systematic Theology for Women’s Ordination by William G. Witt, page 113. The quote from Dr. Craig Keener was from page 108 of the same work.Dr. Sandra Glahn’s book Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament

Lead Pastor Ashley Mathews preaches from the Book of 1 Samuel on the Fourth Sunday after the Pentecost.

Pastors Ashley Mathews and Isaiah DeVyldere discuss what the Bible has to say about the roles of men, women, and the Gospel. Biblical references:• John 20:1-18• Acts 2:17-18• Romans 16• Galatians 3:26-28Some examples of women leading in the New Testament church:  • Prophet - Philip’s daughters (Acts 21:9) Corinthian Women (1 Cor. 11:5, 14:26-28)• Teacher/Evangelist - Euodia and Syntyche (Phil. 4:2-3), Priscilla (Acts 18:24-26, Romans 16:3)• Deacon - Phoebe (Romans 16:2)• Patrons - Phoebe (Romans 16:2), Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna  (Luke 8:2-3)• House Church Leaders - Nympha (Col. 4:15) Lydia (Acts 16:14) Mary of Jerusalem (Acts 12:12) Priscilla and Aquila (Romans 16:3-5)  • Apostle - Junia (Romans 16:7)The quote about Junia is from Linda L. Belleville in chapter one of the book Two Views on Women in Ministry published by Zondervan. 

Lead Pastor Ashley Mathews preaches from the Book of 1 Samuel on the Third Sunday after Pentecost.

Pastors Ashley Mathews and Isaiah Devyldere discuss what the Bible has to say about the roles of men and women and the Gospel. Biblical References: - Deuteronomy 32:11-12,18, - Isaiah 66:13, 49:15, 42:14- Hosea 11:3-4, 13:8- Matthew 23:37 - 1 Thessalonians 2:7,8- Luke 10:38-42, 11:27,28- John 20:1-18Other works referenced:Quotes from Ben Sirach are from Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels by Kenneth E. Bailey, page 189

Lead Pastor Ashley Mathews preaches from the Book of 1 Samuel on the Second Sunday after Pentecost.