Complementarianism
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Oct 30, 2026
Todd FrielHOST
So let me give some broad definitions and ranges that agree inside of these two categories that have some overlap but are distinct at least in the 21st century.
Todd FrielHOST
Complementarianism, you hear the root word complement.
Todd FrielHOST
It is the view that God made male and female certain gifts.
Todd FrielHOST
certain roles, certain assignments, and we complement one another when we perform our giftings uniquely made by God for the edification of family, for the edification of society, my local church, my world.
Brett MeadorHOST
Like, what can women really do? And why shouldn't women be pastors and elders in the church? And there's all kinds of churches that have changed their philosophy in the last 10 years.
Brett MeadorHOST
Churches that were once what we would call complementarian churches have become egalitarian.
Brett MeadorHOST
That's just two terms we'll go over tonight.
Brett MeadorHOST
But one of the things that I think we have to be really careful is not to try to go with culture and what's trendy.
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Brett MeadorHOST
And let me kind of give you the reason why.
Brett MeadorHOST
The evidence is in our text tonight, and it has to do with the big argument.
Brett MeadorHOST
So the argument today is egalitarian versus complementarian.
Brett MeadorHOST
And the egalitarian view, in a nutshell, is saying that women should and can be pastors and elders in the church.
Gavi HaCohenHOST
That's such a wild thing for him to say, because usually like even Ginger Duggar is out here like, you know, you don't have patriarchy is not the thing.
Gavi HaCohenHOST
Complementarianism is the thing.
Gavi HaCohenHOST
I grew up in patriarchy.
Gavi HaCohenHOST
It's not good.
Gavi HaCohenHOST
Complementarianism, man, look at me.
Gavi HaCohenHOST
I can go to my praise and worship church.
Gavi HaCohenHOST
I can wear skinny jeans.
Gavi HaCohenHOST
My husband loves, he thinks it's fine that I wear skinny jeans.
Keith McCroryHOST
For it, although Paul teaches that our place in the body of Christ is determined by the gifting of the Holy Spirit, what Paul in fact means is that certain gifts, teaching and leadership in particular, are only meant for men.
Keith McCroryHOST
Complementarianism affirms Romans 16 is Holy Scripture, but chooses to ignore the fact that it reveals Phoebe is the one who delivered, read and explained Paul's letters to the believers in Rome.
Keith McCroryHOST
something no complementarian church in the world would ever have chosen a woman to do, and that Junia is described as outstanding amongst the apostles.
Keith McCroryHOST
The assertions of complementarianism from these passages results in clear contradiction and confusion about Paul's true viewpoint of women in the church.
Andrew BartlettGUEST
But that fundamental idea runs up against the fundamental problem that there's a complete absence from Scripture of any godly teaching addressed to men which says that ruling over women is what men ought to do.
Andrew BartlettGUEST
Complementarian writers and speakers often say men's failure to step up and lead their wives or to lead women is a serious sin.
Andrew BartlettGUEST
I've been to conferences where this has been talked about and the men have been castigated for not stepping up and leading and giving orders to their wives.
Andrew BartlettGUEST
If neglecting this supposed duty that men have to lead wives or to lead women, if that's a serious sin, we might wonder why from Genesis to Revelation, no one, no prophet, no teacher ever explicitly instructs men that they have such a duty.
Kenny InnesHOST
Yeah, I think that that is an assumption that has been held actually on both sides, that somewhere in the Bible, this is the only...
Kenny InnesHOST
So in an egalitarian position, we have to kind of somehow navigate through that issue.
Kenny InnesHOST
Complementarians would say, well, obviously things like Ephesians 5, the wiser to submit to their husbands, obviously tells you that there's...
Kenny InnesHOST
But I think...
Collin HansenHOST
So evangelical and reformed theology.
Collin HansenHOST
And then this part, complementarianism, evangelism.
Collin HansenHOST
really, really significant part of TGC's founding.
Collin HansenHOST
Obviously, it's history, it's present, but it is notable that it's added in 2007 with the foundation document.
Sheila Wray GregoireHOST
Um, so we have several clips.
Sheila Wray GregoireHOST
The first one that I wanna play is her talking about her own journey, um, in faith and how she came to believe in complementarianism, and I think this is really important to set the stage.
Rebecca LindenbachHOST
Mm-hmm.
Sheila Wray GregoireHOST
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Sheila Wray GregoireHOST
But I believe she takes the Bible seriously.
Rebecca LindenbachHOST
Mm-hmm.
Sheila Wray GregoireHOST
And I think in this day and age, to argue that if you take the Bible seriously, you will obviously believe in complementarianism, is simply, in, I don't know what the right word is, but there are so many books and scholars, the majority of people who sit down to study this stuff become egalitarian when they honestly study it.
Sheila Wray GregoireHOST
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CassHOST
This episode's slightly different to the other episodes that we've been addressing here in the Women in the Church series.
CassHOST
That's because today we're gonna talk about what does all this conversation around gender, complementarianism, egalitarianism, maybe somewhere in the middle, having a different approach, how do we think about that in light of the majority of the world? Now, what's interesting is I was in a Facebook group trying to find hosts, trying to get ideas for this series, and a bunch of people were like, "What about the people that are in the middle here that are not sure where they land?" And then Tammy piped up.
CassHOST
She's like, "Well, the majority of the world actually isn't..." Like the majority of the Christian world, the Christian faith, believers, are not found in the West.
CassHOST
They're actually found [laughs] in other nations and continents around the world.
CassHOST
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CassHOST
Also, just letting you know, throughout this series, this Women in the Church series, I'm hoping to do, like, a Q&A session right at the end of the series.
CassHOST
So if you're someone that's listening to all these episodes and going, "I have more questions about complementarianism or egalitarianism or this in-between world that so many people find themselves in," um, the next few episodes after Tammy's are gonna be about, like, feminism and how culture has kind of impacted the way we view women and womanhood, and I'm gonna also talk about what it means to be a woman with another guest.
CassHOST
So we are gonna go through more of this.
John CollinsHOST
Basically, it's in both, both the man and the woman have the same rights and status.
John CollinsHOST
Complementarianism, on the other hand, the man is at the top, the women, uh, you might say they're equal in worth, but they have different God-given roles.
John CollinsHOST
And the fundamentalist churches choose this.
John CollinsHOST
They're passages that I grew up with that, that talk about this.
Stephanie Jane JuddGUEST
Oh, my pleasure, Cass.
CassHOST
Well, let's start with the first big question, 'cause a lot of people are going, "Complementarianism? What on earth-"
Stephanie Jane JuddGUEST
Yeah
CassHOST
... are you talking about?" Can you-
Stephanie Jane JuddGUEST
We're not imaging the fullness of God.
Stephanie Jane JuddGUEST
And so, um, for me, that's...
Stephanie Jane JuddGUEST
Complementarianism off- offers a framework, uh, a reason for my, um, intentionality in drawing out the gifts of women and the contribution of women, recognizing it's necessary, as it does for men, recognizing we need each other and we're stronger together than we are apart.
CassHOST
Mm.