03-05-2008, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by raekwon Same here, but I don't know that I believe that female deacons will necessarily lead to having female elders. Case-in-point, Mars Hill Church in Seattle. They have female deacons, but hold probably the strongest complimentarian position I've ever seen in regards to male-only eldership in the church and male headship in the home. There's no way they'll ever have female elders, even after Driscoll's dead.
I do think, though, that if you're convinced that opening the diaconal office to women is biblical, that you'll need to guard very strongly and consistently against the those who come in and try to extend that opening to the office of elder. | If one's understanding is that the diaconate is a a purely serving ministry like the job the seven in Acts 6 were assigned to, then it is rather easy to maintain the line against women in eldership since such a diaconate is neither a teaching nor an authoritative ministry. | But Tim,
I do think there is authority given to these 7 men. They had to determine where the goods went and for what reasons. There is no such office or job without authority. Even a slave has to make some decisions in order to serve his master properly. | Yes, they had authority but they did not have authority to rule or teach. R.C. Sproul defined that the office of elder is a exercise of authoritative teaching. Women are certainly restricted from that function.
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