1 Tim 2:11-12

1 Timothy 2:11 Let the women learn in silence with all subjection.
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

What exactly does this mean? To what extent should a woman not teach?

I take it to mean that in church a woman should not give her interpretation of scripture or ask questions when in the presence of men her own age or older. The church that I have attended the past couple weeks separate the adult women and men for Sunday School so in that case I do believe it would be okay for a woman to give her interpretation or ask questions (the teacher is a woman as well). This church also has the teen and adult women to teach the young children up to the age of 8 approximately. I believe that is okay because in a home setting, the wife/mom is still the primary teacher up until this age. I think 8 is usually the time then when the man/husband takes over the scriptural teaching for the boys of the family but the woman/wife still leads her daughters. Do I think it would be wrong to have a man teach all ages of children? No, but I also know that sometimes younger children are more likely to shy away from a man they are not familiar with than to shy away from a woman they are not familiar with. Although, most of the people in this church are so close that they know everyone... but it does not mean that the children understand who someone is :)

Blessings in Christ,