Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
When it was clear to me that God had called me to be a minister, I said to God: "Then You are going to have to explain the following scripture to me."
I Cor. 14 ... Paul says concerning the gathering of the church
... 34Let 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. 35And 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.
After asking God to explain this to me, I had the following impression: "Look at what these women were doing."
Then when I looked again at I Cor. 14, I realized these woman were "asking questions" ... thus
interrupting the flow of the Spirit of God which would certainly have
been inappropriate at church and would have to be stopped.
One
time I visited a non-denominational church group. As pastor spoke, one
woman, in the group jumped up and began running around the room with
hands in the air. The people in the group and pastor laughed as if this
was of Holy Spirit. I was horrified. I knew this was not Holy
Spirit. Some people seem to think Holy Spirit is crazy. That is not
true. Holy Spirit teaches us. And Paul warned us that in the gathering
of the church all things must be done to edification. This woman's
actions were in no way edifying to the church. I did not return to that
group.
God took me to the story of Philip who had 4 daughters who did prophesy. God used this to show me women speaking properly in the NT church.
Acts 21 ... and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. 9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
Prophesy is for the church. In order to prophesy these 4 daughters would have to speak to the church.
Therefore I saw a proper way for women to speak in the church and an improper way for women to speak in the church.
Certainly a woman should be rebuked for improper action in the gathering of the church. Interrupting the church or Bible classes by asking questions is an improper act. If she has questions do as Paul said and ask her husband at home. For it is a shame to interrupt the spirit of God in the church with questions. And it is good if she takes her many questions to God and wait on God to bring answers to her. This is what our little church group does. If we have a question, we ask God.