Mourning our infidelity

Elaine Storkey, drawing on her years of involvement in General Synod, Crown appointments and working for the ordination of women as priests and bishops, reflects on the withdrawal of Philip North.

Paul’s concern for the women in Timothy’s churches: Notes on 1 Tim 2.8-15

One of the texts often quoted in defence of the concept of ‘male headship’ is 1 Tim 2. 8 – 15, although, of course, the language of ‘head’ comes from 1 Corinthians. It is presented as a definitive statement of the Apostle’s view about the impermissibility of women teaching or exercising authority over men in the Church….However, there is another way of looking at this text.