Dr Forrester told BBC Scotland some objectors had tried to present Biblical evidence against women being allowed to minister. "For every text that says women can't there are texts that say women ...

But now they've seen women actually serving as pastors, as bishops, as archbishops, we know it works and we know that it's actually in accord with the Bible." In the Middle East, churches in ...

Therefore the Bible points to only men speaking ... but they do not need to carry out the same roles. For example, women do not need to be ministers because there are other roles to be fulfilled.