Jonny Ardavanis is a former TMU staff member, the lead pastor of Stonebridge Bible Church in Franklin, Tennessee, and the founder and president of Dial In Ministries—and he carries himself like someone who actually believes the Scriptures are sufficient, not recommendations waiting for modern upgrades. He’s part of that shrinking category of men who don’t feel the need to sand down the sharp edges of the text just to keep the room comfortable.
And that’s exactly what you hear in this contemporary debate surrounding women pastors and preachers. He doesn’t play the word games. He doesn’t try to finesse the tension. He just drops the issue on the table and lets the Bible speak—clean, direct, unbothered by how it lands.
“The Bible either says women can preach or they cannot.”
