Woman Question

by Kenneth E. Hagin

Book Overview

Nowhere are women given more freedom to speak, teach, pray, shout, and hold responsible positions than in Pentecostal churches. Rev. Hagin deals ex-plicitly with these and other perplexing issues.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892764058
• Release Date: March 1983
• Publisher: Faith Library Publications
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.3" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Great book

It was an quick read with great information for women and men.

It's a start...

I heard about this book on www.womenandthebible.com and decided to see what the fuss was about. While I don't agree with everything, I think it does a good job at making a point to those who are saturated with traditional teaching. However, once again here is a book which states that the curse on Adam and Eve was 'prophetic' and carries onto us today. I would like to ask where this is EXACTLY in scripture?? Even if it's in there, wouldn't Jesus negate this curse? .......... Despite it's few shortcomings this book comes across as not too traditional and not too liberal making it appealing to many. You can take and leave what you like, but still walk away with a gem or two to ponder.

MidWest Book Review

I have grown so weary of ministering to men who scream at their wives, " You must submit and do anything I say," and have the nerve to call it Godly. Finally in Mr. Haggins wonderful book he addresses this problem and so many more that face women today.So many women have been led to feel as if they were second class citizens in the spiritual realm. That is not the case, but rather God deeply loves and respects women. Rev. Haggin explains in simple terms what all the Scriptures concerning women taking roles of authority, fulfilling commissions and just plain being used in God's Kingdom really means. This book is a real eye opener and should be required reading for all women and men who are serious about obeying God and His Word.Well worth your time. Highly recommended.

Women Be Free!

Let your women keep silence in 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.What? Came the word of God from you? Or came it unto you only?Holy Bible, 1 Co.14:34-36 (KJV)Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over a man, but to be in silence.1 Tim. 2:11-12 Adam Clark, one of the most respected theologians and author of a standard Bible commentary wrote on the subject of these verses about women keeping silent in Church..."They are the only verses in the whole Book of God, which even by a false translation can be made prohibitory of women speaking in the Church. How come then, that by these passages, which according to the best Greek authorities, are wrongly rendered, and wrongly applied. How comes it then, that women's lips have been sealed for centuries. How is it, that these texts have been allowed to stand unexamined, and unexplained for centuries?"In his book 'The Woman Question', Reverand Hagin has fulfilled Clark's request magnificently. He analyzes the Scriptures which have kept women bound for centuries, and rightly-divides by the Holy Spirit, illuminating God's wonderful redemptive plan for women, the same as men.Brother Hagin makes the point that Full Gospel (Pentecostal) believers make the loudest claim to adhering most closely to the Word of God of all Christians, yet they do not 'silence women' and they readily 'allow women to teach men'.Therefore, either Full Gospeldom had erred, or traditionalists have missed something very important.Women have been kept in bondage for centuries, and whole denominations founded upon a profound misunderstanding of the verses which clearly state that women should remain silent in Church.Hagin points out that in the original Greek there is only one word for man, none for husband, only one Greek word for woman, and none for wife. Herein lies the key.Therefore, the reader must decide from the context if the Holy Spirit means women in general, or wives.For example verse 34 cannot be describing ALL women, because all women don't have husbands.Clearly unmarried women are not included in this injunction.So in this verse the Greek word 'gyne' should be translated as 'wives'.Similarly, with the other verse;Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over a man, but to be in silence.1 Tim. 2:11,12Here Paul is not talking about ALL women but about wives, and about wives learning something, and asking questions.When the Greek word 'gyne' is translated as wife instead of woman, then these 'troublesome' verses make sense, and harmonize perfectly with the rest of Scripture.See how it reads when 'gyne' is interpreted as wife, and husband rather than 'man' is used. (Both perfectly legitimat

Something that confused me.

I read this book through okay. But there was an instance where I wasn't totally satisfied with Hagin's explanation in regards to Ephesians 5:24 where the scripture says "Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing". Hagins answer reflected the fact that in the mouths of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. That did not satisfy me. I had to do my own research. I found the answer directly from the verse itself, instead of my "own bible". Wives are to be subject to their own husband, just like the church is subject to Christ. The verse doesn't stop there, is continues by saying "in every thing". In every thing what? In every thing that is Christ like. You see, if the verse stopped before it reached "every thing", then there might have been a problem. But, "every thing" refers to a christian and christlike relationship. Hagin doesn't say this, I'll admit. But I don't read after Hagin for his Theology, I read after the truth in the Bible that he teaches. This book is a good starting point for research, and cover the issues very well.

What women need to know, what men need to understand...

Kenneth Hagin really hits the nail on the woman issue of preaching, teaching, being pastors, evangelists, prophetesses, etc! Finally, the truth of the scriptures are spoken out through the anointing of this book. People have to realize that if God can cause a "rock" to cry out, why, then, can't he use a woman to do great exploits... People are stuck in that tradition loop where it says that a woman should keep silence in churches.. But what really was the Apostle Paul saying? Was he saying that woman shouldn't preach the gospel, or that they should stop talking, and asking questions during service, interrupting the preacher and those who were listening?? Many will like this book, but those who are enslaved by their own way of thinking will debate... If it was against God's word for women to preach the gospel, people like Joyce Meyer, Juanita Bynum, Jackie McCullough & Gloria Copeland would not be used so mightily of God.. Many are called, but few are chosen.. We have a lot of men who are not answering the calling in their lives.. God is just looking for "someone" who will...Whether it be male or female.. The reason why we have these bodies is to "express" the life that is in us. So to say that a woman should not teach is like saying, "you're not to express the life that is in you because you're a woman." If that's the case, then woman are better off sinners than saints!! Nonsense!! Preach away sistas!!!!!