Re: What structure do we see in the NT?
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Originally Posted by aron
As far as the emergence of "gifts to men", as I said I think these will spontaneously emerge. We do not require someone to be "today's Paul" and appoint elders (or prophets, or evangelists, or teachers) in each city.
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Please note that I don't think we should "avoid" these offices, as UntoHim seems to suspect. I certainly don't think that we can or should forbid them. My argument is simply that making them essential requirements for the ekklesia is neither substantiated by the text of the NT nor by the Spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead.
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