The Works of

Rev. Prof. Dr. F.N. Lee

Women and Church Eldership

1. THE GENERAL MINISTRY OF ALL BELIEVERS

Every human being, regardless of age or gender, should be involved in serving God as a “minister” or diakonos. Rom. 13:4 & I Tim. 1:12 and esp. I Pet. 4:10-11. And every Christian person (at his or her baptism) has been anointed and appointed to the general ministry or office of all believers. See: Ex. 19:3-8; Num. 11:29; Joel 2:16,28-29; Acts 2:17,38-39; Matt. 28:18-19; I Cor. 12:13-20,26; Eph. 4:4-5,1213,16; I Pet. 2:9. See too Martin Luther, as quoted in the Reformed Ecumenical Synod’s 1968 Report, p. 152; Belgic Confession, arts. 28 & 31; and Heidelberg Catechism, Q. & A. 32.

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