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neicey said:
Hey Pilgrim, thanks for the renforcement you had given that to me before,but little did I know that what I had read did not mean anything to me,until I could not understand RC Sproul's answer. I believe Wayne Grudem answered my confusion.
I'm not personally familiar with "Sproul's answer" and I would have to read it in context before making any further comment. But to my knowledge, unless something has changed, R.C. Sproul, Sr. has always held to the historic, traditional view, i.e., women are prohibited from serving as Elder or Deacon in the Christian Church.

Again, the two passages I provided for you show that Paul restricted the offices of both Elder and Deacon (cf. 1Tim. 3:8-10) to men. It is impossible for a woman to be the "husband of one wife". And thus although there is no definitive statement from Paul stating that women cannot be Elders, due to the language he used, under divine inspiration, it is impossible to conclude anything else. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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