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Why gifts do not translate to eldership: (1) one can teach and lead outside eldership; (2) the restriction is gender-based, not gift-based; (3) gifting alone cannot be sufficient for appointment

Things I Didn't Know as a Complementarian: Women in Ministry part 6 02:03:09 – 02:04:09

Mike gives three reasons why the gifts argument fails to establish women as elders.

(1) The teaching elder role is not the same as having a teaching gift — you can teach in countless ways outside eldership. (2) Women are restricted not based on gifts or abilities but on gender — gifting is not sufficient for eldership. (3) Only if gifting were the only issue could it alone be a reason to appoint someone; but it is not the only issue.

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