Term

Complementarianism

The view that men and women are equal in value before God but that certain governing and teaching roles in the church are reserved for men.

Filed underAnthropology & HamartiologyEcclesiology

Definition

The view that men and women are equal in value before God but that some governing and teaching roles in the church are reserved for men.

Sources

  1. 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 1503Original citation: Grudem, Wayne A. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020, 1503.

Last revised August 14, 2026