Women Active in Evangelism, Not The Pulpit

Quoting John Murray . . .
A disquieting departure from the New Testament at the present time is the opening of the office of the ministry to women. In this there is failure to recognize and maintain the line of distinction between the general office of believers and the special office of the ministry of the Word. There is not only ample scope, but an indispensable place for the activity of women in witness to the faith. It is here that women properly and necessarily perform the most effective service in the propagation of the Gospel.
Particularly, does this pertain to the witnessing to their own gender. There are here avenues that are scarcely open to men. If women were alert in their opportunities and responsibilities in this realm of more personal-witnessing and instruction, then not only would there be no plea on their part for entrance into the special office; there would be recoil from the suggestion.
In this failure on the part of men and women to understand and discharge responsibility and buy up opportunity, resides to a large extent the appalling spectacle the confronts us in the sphere of mission. At our doors and within our family circles is the call to mission. Our remissness springs from our lack of concern for the salvation of perishing souls, our lack of love, our lack of zeal for the claims of Christ and of His body the church, and finally our lack of jealousy for the glory of God. If fervor of spirit and the service of the Lord animate our hearts, then with the apostles we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. And we may not be dismayed by the odds of unbelieving opposition and indifference. The Gospel is the glory of God unto salvation and His Word will not return to Him void. And He has put this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us.
From:
Collected Writings of John Murray, v1