This is equal heirs in Christ and is talking about a spiritual relationship with Christ. God still assigned roles in marriage and in other aspects of life and society and these remain unchanged.
Were there any
"women" in the Bible that spoke in Church?
ACTS 2:16-18
16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,
I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons
AND YOUR DAUGHTERS shall prophesy, and your
young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream
dreams:
18And on my servants
AND ON MY HANDMAIDENS
I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and
they shall
prophesy.
1 CORINTHIANS 11:5
5 But every
woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her
head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all
one as if she were shaven.
Prophesying is done in a Church setting.
ACTS 1:13,14
13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper
room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and
Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew,
James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas
the brother of James.
14These all continued with one accord in prayer and sup
plication,
WITH THE WOMEN, and Mary the mother of
Jesus, and with his brethren.
Act 2:4 And
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
The 120 in the upper room were in a Church setting, and they ALL spoke in tongues along with the women.
LUKE 2:36-38
36And
there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter
of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age,
and had lived with an husband seven years from her
virginity;
37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years,
which departed not from the temple, but served God with
fastings and prayers night and day.
38And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise
unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked
for redemption in Jerusalem.
This lady prophesied in a Church setting.
ACTS 18:26
26 And
he [Apollos] began to speak boldly in the
synagogue: whom
when Aquila and Priscilla had heard,
they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way
of God more perfectly.
Here we find a "woman" teaching a man (Apollos)
Psa 68:11 The Lord gives the word;
the women who announce the news are a great host: (ESV)
Some of the most
"anointed" preachers I have ever heard were women. In fact the very first preacher of the new Testament was a woman...Mary...He is risen!!