Kristen

I appreciate the distinction being made between authority and leadership. It makes sense to think of it this way, when we are talking about those called to church leadership– that they are being called to a role of leadership and not to a positional place of authority.
I want to reiterate that Paul and Peter both use certain ideas when speaking of the conduct and qualifications of those called to leadership in the church. I still believe the complete absence of anything similar regarding the conduct of husbands as those “called” to leadership by the mere fact of being male and married, is extremely telling. Husbands are culturally in authority, but are not “called” by God to leadership over their wives.