Divine Lexicon

Term

difference in role

The idea that men and women have different primary functions in marriage and the church while remaining fully equal in personhood and dignity.

Filed underAnthropology & HamartiologyEcclesiology

Definition

The idea that men and women have been given by God different primary functions in marriage and the church, while being fully equal in personhood and dignity.

Sources

  1. 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 22BOriginal citation: Grudem, Wayne A. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020, 22B.

Last revised August 14, 2026