The Public Reading of Scripture by Women

https://www.challies.com/articles/men-women-the-public-reading-of-scripture/
Challies and his church restrict the public reading of Scripture in Sunday morning services (hence “public reading”) to men because he argues that reading functionally the same act as preaching & teaching.

https://thecripplegate.com/women-and-scripture-reading/
Jesse Johnson raises some questions in response to Challies’ article and calls the public reading by women a gray area that elders must decide for their church.

https://www.9marks.org/article/must-women-be-silent-in-churches/
Burk argues that women being silent (1 Cor 14:34-35) has to do with judging prophesy, but not to prophecy itself. Thus he allows for the public reading by women. This is also CHBC’s practice.

https://www.resurrectionmn.org/blog/post/can-women-read-scripture-and-lead-prayer-on-sunday-mornings#\_ftn3
This article has some good references to complementarian scholars about the appropriateness of public reading and public praying by women.

https://www.reformation21.org/blogs/the-public-reading-of-scriptur.php
This restricts all ministerial actions, including the public reading, to elders and ministers.

Dam examines the relatively newer practice of having unordained men and women do the public reading. He concludes that this is a relatively modern thing in church history.