Female pastors in the Bible? What this pastor gets wrong
Conservative principles face implementation challenges as policy meets political complexity.
The viral framing here treats the debate as if it’s mainly about who can quote more proof texts. That’s a modern way of reading Scripture, and it flatters our preference for instant answers. But it also skips the harder question: what offices does the New Testament actually establish, and what authority comes with them?
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Pastor Kody Woodard has gone viral for claiming the Bible supports female pastors, but BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey disagrees, saying he’s building his argument on passages that don't support the claim. “For the record, I do believe that women can be pastors.
And the reason I believe that is because Scripture shows me that,” Woodard said in a video on Instagram. “I study the Scriptures, and I actually see that Apollos, who Paul compares himself to later, was actually taught by a woman.
Read Acts 18. In Acts 21, four unmarried women prophesy in church. In Colossians, Nympha was the pastor of the church, and they met in her house. Chloe, same thing in first Corinthians 1. Romans 16, 1 and 2.
Phoebe is a deacon. First Corinthians 11, women prayed and prophesied in the church,” he continued...
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The viral framing here treats the debate as if it’s mainly about who can quote more proof texts. That’s a modern way of reading Scripture, and it flatters our preference for instant answers. But it also skips the harder question: what offices does the New Testament actually establish, and what authority comes with them?
Pointing to women who prophesied, hosted churches, taught privately, or served as deacons shows something important: women were indispensable to the early church. It does not automatically settle the separate issue of pastoral oversight. Conflating gifting with office may feel “inclusive,” but it can quietly trade biblical authority for social expectations.
A healthier conservative instinct is institutional stability rooted in rule of law, meaning the plain structure of the text, not the mood of the moment. Respecting distinct roles is not anti-woman; it’s a bid for public trust in institutions that don’t reinvent themselves every news cycle.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.