WOMEN AND CHURCH ELDERSHIP
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3. THE TRIPLE MINISTRIES OF THE SPECIAL OFFICES
Yet in addition to the above GENERAL office or ministry of all male and female believers, there are also three SPECIAL offices or ministries. These all seem to root in the munus triplex or trip1e office of the man Christ Jesus' prophethood and kingship and priesthood. And these three special church offices are: the Ministry of the Word and Sacraments; the Ruling Eldership; and the Diaconate. Cf. F.N. Lee's Principles of Biblical Church Government, and especially the sections "What Is A Church Office?" and "The Triune God and the Triune Office." Cf. Luke 4:18.
