“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth,” (2 Timothy 4: 3-4. NKJV)

The above quote is taken from St. Paul’s letter to Timothy, a leader of an early New Testament house church. In his first letter the apostle instructed Timothy to “Fight the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6: 12. NKJV) and in his second to “Preach the word!” (2 Timothy 4: 2) He also made it abundantly clear that leadership in the Christian church is reserved for men (1 Timothy 3: 1-13)

Today’s headlines come as no surprise. The Church of England has announced that a woman has been made Archbishop of Canterbury. This is an act of hell and the bishops demonstrate the outright disdain a majority of them have for St Paul’s authority. 

I have been saying they will make this decision for some time now and I wrote against the consecration of women bishops back in 2015. You can read that article here.

I have come to believe that Martyn Lloyd-Jones was correct in his disagreement with John Stott. Evangelical Christian’s should withdraw from liberal denominations. For me, the Church of England’s decision to make a woman the Archbishop of Canterbury is like icing on an already rotting cake and it is the straw that broke the camels back. 

Sadly, there are many faithful ministers in the CofE and they are a good community of believers who hold together well to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints. These are inspired by a statement made in Jude 1: 3 and they should be commended for it. 

However, I cannot ignore the overriding influence of female ministers within the church and even many conservative evangelicals. This is big problem for me since they fail to see the importance of maintaining strict adherence to a male leadership that complies with the criteria set forth by St Paul in his epistles to Titus and Timothy. Paul’s statement in 1 Timothy 2: 13-15 cannot be ignored.

St. Paul did not permit women to teach “or to have authority over a man” (1 Timothy 2: 12) and the reason why women are not permitted to be ministers is because Eve was deceived by Satan. Adam was born first and then Eve and Adam was not deceived but Eve (1 Timothy 2: 13-14). But people have manipulated this clear teaching and have deceived people into thinking women leadership is Biblical. I have addressed these issues very clearly in my previous articles. 

Read here why Phoebe was not a deacon in office. 

Read here why Junia was not apostle.

Read here why Priscilla was not a joint leader with Aquila. 

Read here why Acts 18: 24-26 does not say Priscilla was a preacher

Read here how I have already warned that the next Archbishop of Canterbury could be a woman, and now she is. 

It comes as no surprise to me how the leading bishops wrongly interpret the Bible. They squeeze their interpretation into their trajectory to preserve an establishment that goes from one extreme to the other and faithful ministers are caught like boiling frogs in a hot pan. These bishops who have brought in the same-sex blessings know the church will eventually bring in same-sex marriage, just as the ordination of women priests has now led to the ordination of the first Archbishop of Canterbury. This is the way false teaching works, it creeps in and doesn’t creep back out again. False teachers are like that too, they crawl in unawares and manipulate women and well meaning people and have no respect for authority. False teachers reject the higher authority of Scripture and have no genuine love for God in their hearts. 

I understand that the fabric of a state church has to flow with the winds of culture, but the problem then becomes an issue of people pleasing. Christians are not on this earth to be people pleasers, we are here to serve God. So because of this I believe it is time for separation, or even disestablishment.