This is not an article about the case for complementarianism instead of egalitarianism. That matters, of course, but this piece is for self-identified complementarians wondering if their theology can allow, or should allow, for women preaching.
Here is the question I want to address: Is there biblical justification, given basic complementarian convictions, for the practice of women preaching sermons in a Sunday worship service?
Most people reading this column understand the immediate relevance of this question. I'm not going to rehearse the cases where this question has been raised or sift through recent responses online. Instead, I'm going to interact with what I think is the best case, from a complementarian perspective, for allowing women to preach. First, I'll explain the argument for women preaching as fairly as I can. Then I'll make a case why the argument—no matter how plausible it may sound at first—fails to convince.
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