Why Should Christians Consider Head Covering?

Overview

Are you surprised to find a website about Christian head covering?

Or maybe you’ve been curious about the Mennonites, or pictures from Christian history, or your own reading of 1 Corinthians?

Either way, you’ve come to the right place…

Beginning Questions

1. Why would Christian women wear head coverings? This practice is taught in the New Testament. Sure, that topic probably hasn’t come up lately in your pastor’s sermon. But God’s instructions about head covering are worth a read.

2. This seems like a random topic. The Apostle Paul actually spends half of a chapter explaining head covering, including 5 specific reasons for the practice.

3. It must be just a local custom for a unique situation in the Bible, right? Scripture actually provides universal reasons for head covering, as well as describing the universal practice of head covering (before some churches stopped practicing it.)

4. But it was just an ancient practice that died out with ancient culture, right? Time to check the history books! It’s well-documented that Christianity has been practicing head covering for 2000 years, and that it generally went out-of-favor only within the last 150 years.

5. I can’t see how a piece of cloth isn’t really that important. It’s not, compared to many other truths in Scripture. But… biblically, head covering is not about the piece of cloth anyway. A symbol (like a wedding ring) is something physical that points to spiritual truths. Most Christians are used to other symbolic practices like baptism and the Lord’s Supper. The value of head covering is in the spiritual truths that it symbolizes.

Let Scripture Speak

• This website isn’t trying to invent anything new. Instead, we urge you to read what the Bible says about head covering (click the “Next” arrow below). After all, Scripture has taught about head covering for the last 2000 years.

• After you read what the Bible says about head covering, you’ll probably still have more questions. That’s normal! So keep clicking “Next” at the bottom of the page to learn more (or just jump straight to the menu on the left).

• Don’t forget the most important part… when you feel like you have a decent sense about what 1 Corinthians 11 teaches, then apply what you’ve learned. God’s Word has good direction because it comes to us from a good God.