A convenience sample of 162 Protestant church attenders completed a questionnaire including measures involving: religiosity (Means, End and Quest), literal interpretation, fundamentalism, authoritarianism, egalitarianism and attitudes concerning women taking church office positions. Each respondent's age, sex, education level and involvement in the church were also determined. Quest and egalitarian attitudes towards women in society were found to be the most important of the psychological variables when predicting receptivity to women in church office positions. Education was found to be an important demographic predictor, such that increased education related to greater acceptance of women in church leadership positions. Interestingly, age was also an important predictor, but in an unexpected way – older people were more accepting of women in church office positions than the younger people in this study. Additionally, it was determined that receptivity varied depending on the church office position under consideration, and by the policy of the individual churches. Thus, people's attitudes regarding women taking church office positions seem to be as much about egalitarianism in society as about church policy, biblical interpretation and personal religious beliefs.