Complementarianism - What are the roles of men and women in the church?
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There are two principal kinds of church that have 'complementarian' doctrines.
In the first case there are churches with ordained clergy that reserve the office of Priest for men. Chief among these is the Roman Catholic church, but there are others. The priestly role includes celebrating the Eucharist (Mass), and church leadership.
Not all churches with ordained clergy reserve the office of Priest for men. Those that do also reserve higher offices such as Bishop. Some churches are in transition, allowing women to be Priests but not Bishops, for example.
The second kind of complementarians are generally Evangelical Protestants. They can have very varied doctrines, but they almost invariably also reserve certain church roles for men, and those roles are centred around leadership, authority and teaching.
Example restrictions might be any or all of:
- not allowing women to take the role of pastor
- not allowing women to take the role of elder (which is often associated with certain leadership positions)
- not allowing women to teach (except exclusively to other women or children)
- not allowing women to teach on spiritual matters, or preach in church
- not allowing women to be the overall leader of a congregation
Here are some references to specific examples: 1 2
Again, not all Evangelical Protestant churches reserve some roles to men.
I know of no church which reserves any roles for women as a matter of doctrine.
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