It depends upon the denomination. Some denominations (such as Roman Catholicism, Plymouth Bretheren, and some Orthodox and Baptist churches) are very male dominated refusing any sort of leadership roles for women, although in Roman Catholicism, nuns have a heriarchical structure under the Mothers Superior, but even these leaders are subservient to the male priests.
In most other denominations, however, especially Methodism and Anglicanism there are no such restrictions in roles due to the person's gender. As an example, women are able to be ministers in the Methodist Church and can be priests and bishops in the Anglican Church, the Church of England having recently voted for women bishops. In fact there are no roles within these churches that cannot be performed by men and not women. This reflects much better the early Christian churches that can be read about in Paul's letters, and which can be studied through archaeological evidence, in which women frequently took a leadership role.
It depends upon the denomination. Some denominations (such as Roman Catholicism, Plymouth Bretheren, and some Orthodox and Baptist churches) are very male dominated refusing any sort of leadership roles for women, although in Roman Catholicism, nuns have a heriarchical structure under the Mothers Superior, but even these leaders are subservient to the male priests.
In most other denominations, however, especially Methodism and Anglicanism there are no such restrictions in roles due to the person's gender. As an example, women are able to be ministers in the Methodist Church and can be priests and bishops in the Anglican Church, the Church of England having recently voted for women bishops. In fact there are no roles within these churches that cannot be performed by men and not women. This reflects much better the early Christian churches that can be read about in Paul's letters, and which can be studied through archaeological evidence, in which women frequently took a leadership role.