Bro Harry - I have learned by reading your posts to have much  respect for 
your study, so am sure that you already know the Scriptures I would  turn to, 
however, I will "find" them and post some to you if you  like.
My real response is about Paul telling women to "sit down and  be quiet, and 
ask their husbands at home".......I have been taught that that was  addressing 
a specific problem in Corinth, but yet applies to us in some  areas.  Women 
should not cause a disturbance in church (or anywhere  else!)....worship 
services should not be disrupted by people loudly asking  questions, which is what I 
have been told was happening.
Women definitely are to be ministers - and I do not mean  preachers.   The 
older women are to teach the younger how to be good  wives and mothers.   That 
is a ministry.   Personally, I  teach small children in Sunday School, as well 
as volunteer as Church Secretary,  both of which I consider part of my 
ministry.   Hopefully, I minister  to my husband in many ways....taking care of the 
home and now the grandchildren,  trying to meet his needs.   My home is my 1st 
ministry, then my  neighborhood.....my family, and when I had a job, my office 
was a place of  ministry.
Maybe that will give some help - minister comes from the same  root as 
servant (as I understand it), so, in that sense, we all are  ministers.
Blessings
Charlene

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