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Originally Posted by Ohio
Your argument backfires on you when we consider the ramifications.
If the Greek work "DIAKONOS" refers to Timothy a "good minister of Jesus Christ" (I Tim 4.6) as you say, then lets also call Phoebe a "good minister of Jesus Christ."
How about that Evangelical? A sister ministering to the church in Cenchrea, now recommended by Paul to the saints in Rome. Wow!
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Not really, because the term minister does not always imply an official position in the church. We are all ministers of Christ aren't we, women included. Ministering includes the practical things such as preparing meals. We are not all leaders, however.
The only word we could use to support the idea of the sister being in an official leadership position is the word Deacon because that was an official position in the church. The word minister however carries no sense of church leadership.