THE BIBLE IS CONTRADICTORY.
GOD INSPIRED THE BIBLE WRITERS TO CONTRADICT EACH OTHER (2 Timothy 3:16).
Can women be church leaders?
YES THEY CAN:
"And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time."
Priscilla was a servant of the church.
"And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto [them], and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly."
Phoebe was a deaconess.
"I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea":
(" I commend you to our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church." - The Revised Standard Version)
Junia was an apostle.
"Junia.......of note among the apostles"
****"Junia" (Romans 16:7) Some translators were so upset at the idea of a woman apostle that they replaced "Junia" with "Junias." The problem with this is that although "Junia" was a common woman's name at that time, there is no evidence for "Junias" as a man's name. Bart D. Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus (2005), p.185
NO THEY CAN'T:
They cannot speak, teach, or have authority over men.
"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church."
"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."
PAUL CONTRADICTED HIMSELF - Romans 16:1,7 versus 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 & 1 Timothy 2:11-12.
No wonder why there are approximately 47,000 Christian denominations with different beliefs as of 2017 according to the Center for the study of Global Christianity.
( http://www.gordonconwell.edu/ockenga/research/documents/StatusofGlobalChristianity2017.pdf )
