# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S160
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

158 Elementary Education

jection. But I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority
over the man but to be in silence.”

Particularly the woman is barred from assuming the leadership
of the Christian congregation in the public assembly. 1 Cor. 14:
34, 35: “Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not
permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under

Although the woman is barred from the ministry proper, the
Bible does not forbid her to function in some auxiliary offices of
the ministry. In so far, therefore, as her activity does not conflict
with the divine regulations named above, she may be chosen by
the congregation to perform certain functions of the ministry.
In relation to the congregation which she serves the woman
parochial-school teacher’s Status is that of a servant of the con-
gregation, who performs those functions of the public ministry
legitimately assigned to her by the congregation.

(For a full discussion of Bible-passages and principles involved

Lehrerinnen an christlichen Gemeindeschulen, Reprinted in Con-
cordia Theological Monthly, V (1934), pp. 764—773.)

tion to the congregations, which are exercised in regard to other
Positions in the church, as ministers, male teachers, etc., apply also
to the position and functions of the woman teacher; provided,
however, that she is not to be considered eligible for voting or
advisory membership in Synod,

Furthermore, if the woman teacher meets the requirements
of her position as laid down by Synod, her status is that of a
synodically recognized woman teacher. (Synod has taken some
steps toward regulating the position and requirements of the woman
teacher. See Proceedings 1938, p. 62.)

In this connection a practical question regarding the status of
the woman teacher may be considered:

Shall a woman parochial-school teacher be installed by a

In view of the above principles, woman teachers should be
impressed with the responsibility of their Positions as Christian