OTW Preachers

EGALITARIAN

Pastor Tim Flask

August 9, 2026

Main Scriptures: Ephesians 5:21-33

Additional Scriptures: Genesis 1:27, Galatians 3:28, Luke 4:18-20

POINTS:

• Egalitarians believe gender is not a restriction on your calling, and women are free to serve as pastors, elders, and teachers, as are men. If you are gifted and called, your gender is not a restriction.

• Egalitarians believe in shared authority.

• Complementarians believe men and women are equal in their spiritual worth and dignity but are designed by God to have distinct, complementary roles in the home and the church.

• Being called and equipped to lead and preach is not a gender based calling.

• By overlooking half of his creation, we miss out on the fullness of His presence.

• 2 ways we tend to address these gender-based issues: 1. We argue our opinion openly and loudly, and as often as possible. 2. We seek to avoid the issue altogether and claim silence is the best means to address this difference.

• Mutual submission applies to all believers in the church, because it removes the human hierarchies by requiring mutual respect and service regardless of status, gender, or position.

• Adam and Eve were side by side, partners, describing Eve as “Ezer kenegdo”. “Ezer” = help in times of war, “kenegdo” = a compatible partner (assistant or protector at his own level).

• Jesus came to lift the curse.

• Luke 4:18-20 confirms a universal calling for both men and women to carry the ministry of evangelism and social restoration.