BW Reads: The Role of Women in the Church

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 by Ashley Winterrowd

Ryrie, Charles. The Role of Women in the Church. 2nd ed. Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 2011.

What can a woman do in the church? What roles are we permitted to have? What does God say about serving in this century and in the past? How did Jesus interact with women in ministry? These questions and more are brilliantly examined in Charles Ryrie’s book The Role of Women in the Church.

If you’re looking for a resource that you can go to about divorce, marriage, singleness, a woman’s service within the church and women’s historical involvement within the church then this book is impeccable. The three sections of this book uniquely address these issues, and demonstrate the author’s heart for a women’s involvement in the church. While the truth that Ryrie speaks may be difficult for our modern ears to hear, they are necessary to anyone who wants a biblically sound ministry for women.