In 1988, the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood issued the Danvers Declaration, affirming that "In the Church, redemption in Christ gives men and women an equal share in the blessings of salvation; nevertheless, certain governing and teaching roles within the Church are reserved for men. » I hesitate to single out an organization for a focused argument, but this statement accurately represents a sentiment within the faith that I find troubling. In this article, I will use the hermeneutics of the redemptive tendency to deconstruct the CBMW claim, while giving my own perspective on why I find both women in ministry and the hermeneutics of the redemptive tendency as valid. Redemptive Tendency Hermeneutics is a strategy for making sense of our 2,000+ year old collection of texts that we call the Bible. Keeping in mind humanity's departure from the creator's ideal, the reader sees Scripture as containing situations and imperatives that when the text was written (and perhaps even today! ), brought creation closer to what it was always meant to be. The Bible, therefore, as the sacred documents of the Church (the redemptive institution) and its predecessor Israel (the redeeming nation), guides the reader toward coordination with the ultimate trajectory of God's people - everywhere and at any time. the pun, but my mental image for understanding the purpose of the biblical canon is that of a “canon.” Just as artillery directs an explosion to launch a projectile, Scripture guides our religious fervor “so that everyone who belongs to God may be competent and equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:17). This means, of course, that the trajectory of the Bible will extend beyond the written word - much like a middle of paper ......ty does. For example, I could draw a parallel to the Corinthian women abandoning the veil and attempting to show equality in Christ by removing my Sunday best in the pew in an attempt to simulate Eden. As verse 23 reminds us, the controversy that ensues may be lawful, but it is simply not beneficial. That said, I hope the impression given in this article is not one of closed-mindedness against CBMW. If people can be content with a patriarchal, complementarian world, so be it. The distinction between them and me is not a question of morality but of culture. But, given recent history, they are a dying breed in the Western world. Which seems to be the final hope of the biblical canon. Works Cited Grudhem, Wayne. “But what should a woman do in church?” The Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Fall 1995). Accessed at http://www.cbmw.org/Journal/Vol-1-No-2/But-What-Should-Women-Do-In-The-Church