Can woman preach/teach in the church?

From what was explained to me, I understnad that back in the Bible days, the women sat on one sad of the church and the men sat on the other. If the preacher said something that the wife did not understand, she would yell over to her husband and ask him to explain it. This is why it says that women should be silent in the church and ask their husbands when they get home. The Bible says that in the last days the Lord would poor his spirit upon all flesh.

The church has always looked to woman as being the "bad ones".. eve is looked apon as the one who was seduced to eat the fruit, marry cant have a kid without being a virgin or else she is a wh ore... whether its stoning woman for not bleeding on the night of their wedding or calling them witches and throwing them on to the fa-gs of fire, there has never been any good relations between them.. http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1235500.aspx.. PS: its stupid how i cannot use the word F A G S even when its IN context.. and W H O R E as well lol..

The passage most often used to discourage women from teaching in the church is 1 Tim 2, primarily vs 11-14. What you have to keep in mind is that this book was written to a specific church at a specific time, one that was having a problem with false teachers (probably elders) preying on women, young widows in particular. By minimizing their visibility in the church, he could protect both them and the church's image. Elsewhere, Paul absolutely recognizes women's ability to teach and evangelize (Rom 16:1-3, Phil 4:2-3). Many think he was simply advising early Christians on how to accomadate themselves to an imperfect culture, like when he advised slaves to return to their masters without advocating slavery. Christian women in that era had much more freedom when it came to learning than did Jewish or Greek women. Remember also Miriam, prophetess; Deborah, judge; Huldah, prophetess; Isaiah's wife, prophetess; Sheerah, construction supervisor; Esther, queen; Priscilla, evangelist (it's notable that her name is always before her husband's, indicating a greater leadership capacity). Those are just a few, but it is evident that God has no doubt in the leadership abilities of women. Why would he neglect such a huge factor in his people? There are some (men and women alike) who will not listen to a man, so why not use a woman? Men and women are different, but those differences can work pretty well together for maximum impact. Blessed Be