This book tackles the nature of Christian leadership in the family and the church. Dr. Larry D. Ellis looks at the biblical history and teaching by Jesus as well as the Apostle Paul and embraces the critical priority of spiritual leadership by both women and men. The author presents a scholarly study on the historic meaning of the key words recorded by the Apostle Paul sometimes used to restrict women from Christian leadership the home and the church. He carefully looks at the issue through several lenses—Scripture, the near east first century culture where the gospel was shared with the gentile communities, history of Christian leadership, the martyrdom of Christian women, and especially the meaning of words at the time they were spoken to the hearers.
