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What does the Bible really say about women wearing head coverings in church? In this episode of Ask FGBC, Pastors Jim Butler and Mike Kirkpatrick explore this topic that has sparked periodic revivals throughout church history. Drawing from passages like 1 Corinthians 11 and 1 Timothy 2, they discuss how head coverings relate to church leadership, gender roles, and cultural practices. Rather than treating head coverings as a mark of superior spirituality, the pastors offer a balanced perspective that respects personal choice while emphasizing the deeper principles of biblical church order.
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Transcript
Wim Kerkhoff You got some other questions or things you wanted to ask?
Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick We could do the head headdress one now.
Pastor Jim Butler The head covering?
Wim Kerkhoff We don’t have to publish it.
Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick No, we can go, I’m just kidding. I do think it’s a light of nature question, a light of nature, like he does talk about, like, I think it’s an anti cross dressing, man, be men. Dude, be dude.
Pastor Jim Butler I think it has to ultimately do with male headship in the life of a church. And I think that the, you know, when you look at Paul’s admonition, 1 Timothy 2, when he talks about women and their hair, it seems moot if they’re wearing hats right in church worship. So I don’t, and the absence of a command in 1 Corinthians 11 to wear a hat. It’s, you’re not going to find it. It’s almost a sacrament among some, you know, my wife now covers, and we’re in a holy walk. So there’s a revival of it. You see revivals of it every so often. I think there is one presently where covering is, you know, the absolute mark of submission on the part of a woman. I think Paul’s point and the reference to the angels, is that when the angels look at a church on a Sunday, it’s not, does sister Susie have a hat on? It’s, is there a man in the pulpit? Is there a man preaching and prophesy or prophesying and preaching and praying in the public place? Women aren’t supposed to be in the public place, preaching or teaching. And then I think the hats or hair is an illustration of that point. I don’t think it is a mandate that you must cover. For sure. For sure, and people disagree, and that’s fine. If a woman wants to wear a hat, that’s fine. I just, I don’t think there’s religious significance in it. It’s like Paul and circumcision. If you’re a Jew and you want to get circumcised because it’s in your DNA or your blood, or it’s your culture, go ahead. But don’t think there’s religion in it. Don’t think it commends you to God. I would say the same. If sister Susie wants to wear a hat to church, sure. But, you’re not, that’s not a more holy walk
Wim Kerkhoff The hats there were never an Old Covenant thing, right? Like circumcision, yeah.
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