Faculty Publications
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2000
Abstract
The chapter evaluates an interpretation of the New Testament ministry that argues that there was no specific local church organization spelled out in the Bible. The absence of organizational structure allows for the ordination of women in the local church and presents Junia as the first female apostle and Phoebe as a female minister. The evaluation presents the biblical structure of leadership and shows that through incorrect interpretation of the texts this view distorts the biblical view of local church leadership.
First Page
129
Last Page
153
Book Title
Prove All Things: A Response to Women in Ministry
Editor
Mercedes H. Dyer
Publisher
Adventists Affirm
City
Berrien Springs, MI
Recommended Citation
Damsteegt, P. Gerard, "Shapes of Ministry in the New Testament" (2000). Faculty Publications. 67.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/church-history-pubs/67
