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Pushback 1: Not all priests can be elders — eldership has requirements beyond being a Christian

Things I Didn't Know as a Complementarian: Women in Ministry part 6 00:46:03 – 00:47:06

Mike's first rebuttal to Grenz: the Bible pragmatically refutes the argument by listing elder qualifications beyond priesthood.

The implication of Grenz's argument is that every priest can be an elder, but the Bible adds many requirements beyond simply being a Christian — for instance, being able to teach. If there are gender requirements for eldership, and priesthood alone is already insufficient, then Grenz's argument has a strong defeater.

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