There is a distinction in Eph 4:11:   Pastor = Poimen = herdsman, overseer, elder.
  teacher = Didaskalos = in the NT one who teaches concerning the things of God, and the duties of man.  
   
  There are elders who are not teaching elders.
   
  I believe that there are Godly, mature women that can and should teach and instruct younger women concerning the things of God and their duties.  Besides, who did Timothy learn from?
   
  Harry

Chad Richard Bresson <breusswane@...> wrote:
  I guess the next argument is over the nature and delineation of the gifts in
Eph. 4 and right now, I just don't have the time for that. Let's just say
that's where I start with the gift of teaching/preaching (IOW, there's no
distinction between gift and the nouns listed in Eph. 4).

--
Pastor Chad Richard Bresson
Clearcreek Chapel
Springboro, OH
http://breusswane.blogspot.com


On 2/28/06, H Dorrington wrote:
>
> Where do we find the gift of preaching in Scripture? I have come across
> many pastors who certainly don't have the gift of preaching. Now the gift
> of teaching I have found several Godly women who have been given that gift.
> One is the mother of the current President of Westminster Seminary whom I
> have enjoyed her wisdom and insights. There were several women also at Bible
> College who were gifted teachers.
>
> May we rejoice and celebrate in our oneness in Christ. "There is neither
> Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor
> female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
>
> Harry
>
> Chad Richard Bresson 
wrote:
> >If God does not want women in leadership positions, why does he
> consistently give them the >gifts necessary to fit them for such
> positions?
>
> He doesn't. You know of a woman who has been given the gift of preaching?
>
> Not all gifts are equal either in authority or function. God gives gifts
> that, among other things, are according to gender. IMHO, the authority
> structure found in Eph. 5 is merely a reflection of the greater reality
> permeating the entire body life... and it all flows out of the Trinity's
> inner authority "structure".
>
> --
> Pastor Chad Richard Bresson
> Clearcreek Chapel

		
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