I consider myself a smart, theologically minded, strongly opinionated woman. I also consider myself fully complementarian. I’ve adopted the term “competent complementarian.” In 2013, DA Carson said, “Complementarianism is not an issue of competence, it’s about obeying the Word of God.” When I heard these words, I felt an exhale of relief. I’d been searching for a way to explain my conviction on biblical complementarianism—and I found it here. Not only could I be both confidently competent and complementarian, but the church actually needed me to be both.
As a competent complementarian, I love talking theology and polity. I enjoy studying and teaching God’s word, and I’m passionately committed to my local church. I can hold my own in a debate on baptism, and I have plenty of opinions and ideas about church growth. I’ve never once felt silenced or oppressed, and have only been championed and encouraged to develop as a well-trained Christian in order to build up the body of Christ.
Dearest sisters in the Lord, one of the greatest ways you can live out complementarianism to the glory of God is by growing in both competence and confidence.
COMPETENCE IN GOD’S WORD
Being a woman who knows God means you must
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