Paul’s letter to Timothy explicitly limits who may be an elder or a deacon.
1 Timothy 3: 2 A bishop [elder] then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Yes regarding Timothy and other teachings. I fear we’re deep into the lukewarm church of Laodecia. These days reminds me of the repetition in the books of Judges,”And men did what was right in their own eyes.