Pastor Shanon

The pastorate is a masculine office. Here’s why. Pastors who speak the truth of scripture boldly are putting themselves in harm’s way for the sake of God's people. Godly pastors run towards this danger, not away from it, because that’s how you protect the sheep. A faithful pastor will be regularly exposed to public ridicule and slander. He shouldn’t complain. He should expect it. This is what he signed up for. This is why, among many reasons, women are not called to be pastors. It is glorious for a man to embrace public scorn for the sake of truth, because doing so aligns with his God given masculine disposition. But women have a different, feminine disposition and a different glory to pursue. By nature, women are more risk averse and more likely to shrink from danger. This is because God made women to protect the potential for new life that exists within their own bodies. Thus, it is in the nature of women to run from danger. In most cases, it need not be considered cowardly for women to do so, because it is not in the nature of women to run towards danger. But for men, it is. To face and overcome a terrible threat thrills the heart of a man. Men of old dreamed of dying gloriously in a worthy battle for those he loves. This is why you can’t appoint a woman to the office of pastor without fundamentally changing the office. Woman take a dangerous calling and make it safer. Since the primary danger of the pastoral office entails guarding the truth, biblical authority is the first casualty when women become pastors. Women are well equipped to serve the church in a number of ways, but not as pastors. This is a masculine office and masculine calling. Godly men should do the dangerous work of shepherding souls, and godly women should neither seek nor desire it.