Men have authority in the church What about submission? Is the single woman called to submit to male authority? The answer is no, with one exception. A woman’s submission to a man is part of marriage, not singleness. The single woman is under no husband’s authority and the single man has authority over no wife. The exception is Scripture’s call for single women to submit to male authority in the context of the local church. Like all regular members, they are to be under the authority of the elders (1 Tim. 3:5; Titus 1:9; 1 Pet. 5:2). But unlike men,…