The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast CNLP 800 | Women in Ministry: Preston Sprinkle on What the Bible Actually Says
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Apr 23, 2026 
Preston Sprinkle, biblical scholar and author who studies theology, sexuality, and gender, walks through Scripture on women in ministry. He revisits Genesis, highlights Old Testament and Gospel examples, reexamines Romans 16, Priscilla and Junia, and digs into contested texts like 1 Corinthians and 1 Timothy. The conversation models open-minded, scripture-centered study and why context reshapes interpretation.
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Raised Complementarian Then Opened To Study
- Preston Sprinkle describes being raised in a strong complementarian context at John MacArthur's college and seminary and initially accepting that view as biblical.
- Over years in ministry he met faithful scholars with different views and delayed judgment until he could study the texts deeply himself.
Open Mindedness Can Be More Faithful
- Openness to correction is a mark of biblical fidelity, not unfaithfulness, because Scripture must continually test our views.
- Sprinkle argues the reformers’ motto always reforming implies revisiting prior convictions against evolving evidence from the text.
Women Drive Early Exodus Redemption
- In Exodus 1–4 women drive the redemption storyline: Hebrew midwives, Moses' mother and sister, Pharaoh's daughter, and Zipporah act decisively.
- Sprinkle highlights Zipporah's circumcision of Gershom as a striking female-initiated redemptive act.