Don Johnson

On Acts 15, in Greek the male plural form for a group can be used when at least one member of the group is a male. So a group of “brothers” may or may not include “sisters”. One needs to try to discern from other clues what is the intent. This is just the way Greek works. So that person’s rationale on CARM simply falls apart as being conclusive.

For example, Luke clarifies that some of the disciples of Jesus were women. Certainly some of the people in the Jerusalem church were women.

The sad part is the one pushing for gender-based limitation are following the Pharisee Legalists’ position, but even then they are not heretics. That is, one can be wrong in one’s understanding of many things the Bible teaches yet not be a heretic.