GENDER AND THE

CHURCH
DENNIS D. AVENIDO, LPT,
MMEM
 TOPICS TO DISCUSS
⦿ - NAMES AND SOME BELIEFS OF
DIFFERENT RELIGIONS HERE IN THE
PHILIPPINES
⦿ - THE PERSPECTIVE OF DIFFERENT
CHURCHES ABOUT THE GENDER
⦿ - GENDER ROLE AND
DIFFERENTIATION
⦿ - GENDER IN THE CHURCHES
NAMES AND SOME BELIEFS
OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES
 CHURCH MEANING
⦿ A CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATION
⦿ CHURCH IS ALSO A GROUP OF
PEOPLE MEETING FOR A
RELIGIOUS GATHERING
⦿ BIBLICAL WORD FOR
“ASSEMBLY”
 CHURCH VS RELIGION
⦿ RELIGION –
⦿ a set of organized beliefs, practices,
and systems that most often relate
to the belief and worship of a
controlling force, such as a
personal god or another
supernatural being
 CHURCH VS RELIGION
⦿ CHURCH –
⦿ GROUP OF PEOPLE MEETING
FOR A RELIGIOUS
GATHERING
⦿ RELIGION –
⦿ A SET OF ORGANIZED
BELIEFS
 DIFFERENT RELIGION IN OUR
COUNTRY
⦿ Roman Catholic 80.6%,
⦿ Protestant 8.2% (includes Philippine
Council of Evangelical Churches 2.7%,
National Council of Churches in the
Philippines 1.2%, other Protestant 4.3%),
⦿ other Christian 3.4%,
⦿ Muslim 5.6%,
⦿ tribal religion 0.2%,
⦿ other 1.9%,
⦿ none 0.1%
 NOTABLE RELIGION IN THE
PHILIPPINES
⦿ ROMAN CATHOLICS
⦿ IGLESIA NI CRISTO
⦿ EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY
⦿ SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
⦿ AGLIPAYAN CHURCH
⦿ BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH
⦿ JEHOVA’S WITNESS
⦿ PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
⦿ PROTESTANTISM
⦿ THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER-DAY SAINTS (MORMONS)
⦿ MEMBERS CHURCH OF GOD INTERNATIONAL
(ANG DATING DAAN)
 THE PERSPECTIVE OF
DIFFERENT CHURCHES
ABOUT THE GENDER
 CATHOLICS
⦿ believes all people should be treated equally,
regardless of their sex, gender identity or
gender expression.
⦿ The Roman Catholic Church, the largest
Christian denomination in the United States
with an estimated 62 million members, has
welcomed celibate gay and lesbian people
into its church life
⦿ - HRC.ORG
 IGLESIA NI CRISTO
⦿ They believed that the only
created humans are men and
women.
⦿ They prohibits the practice of
homosexual in their church.
 THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
⦿ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints acknowledges that same-sex
attraction is a sensitive issue that requires
kindness, compassion and understanding.
⦿ The Church does not take a position on
the cause of same-sex attraction.
 PROTESTANTS
⦿ Old teachings of protestants view
about LGBTQ, denunciation of
them in their teachings
⦿ Lutheran church in America
welcomes and affirmed LGBTQ
people in their church
 MEMBERS CHURCH OF GOD
INTERNATIONAL (MCGI)
⦿ Believes that all people has chance
in the salvation
⦿ Welcomes member of LGBTQ, as
they have the group of gay
members called Happy Christians
GENDER IN THE CHURCHES
and GENDER ROLE AND
DIFFERENTIATION
⦿ Most of the churches teaching
concentrated on the role of men
and women.
⦿ They teach that men and
women should be considered
equal and complimentary
⦿ But some churches also believe that
gender role is not an essential
doctrine of the Christian Faith.
⦿ Nevertheless indispensable for
Christian to practice gender role
⦿ In other religion, men and women
has to practice their religion in
different place inside the church.
For example, some churches
practice segregation of men and
women while attending to their
meetings
⦿ Some religious orders emphasize
cooperation and respect for women over
hierarchy.
⦿ Others may prioritize male leadership but
indirectly provide women with types of
ethical identities and spiritual positions that
create spaces for women to practice their
own agency and forms of power.
⦿ In Catholic Church, men and
women who are devoted in their
religion has different title, for men
they can be a priest, who always
lead a church in their practices.
For women, they can be nuns.
⦿ In other church, only men can
practice being their preacher but
women in their church can be
member of other groups like
officers of the local church, choir
members, and others.
⦿ In total, most of the church believe that
men and women has their part in their
church and can be complimentary to each
other.
⦿ For also in the bible, in 1 Cor. 11:11
⦿ - Nevertheless neither is the man without
the woman, neither the woman without the
man, in the Lord
⦿ In Filipino:

⦿ 1 Cor. 11:11

⦿ Gayon man, ang babae ay di maaaring

walang lalake at ang lalake ay di
maaaring walang babae, sa Panginoon
Thank you very much