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To: newgeezer
Now, where's the Biblical argument for ordination of men?

Titus 1:5-9; I Timothy 3:1-13.

9 posted on 01/31/2005 11:40:28 AM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35
Titus 1:5-9; I Timothy 3:1-13.

Yes, of course, church leaders are to be qualified and appointed. I was thinking more of the formal, traditional definition of ordination. You know, n years of schooling at an appropriately accredited seminary, certificate on the wall, etc.

My local church has 3 leaders; all meet the Biblical qualifications (including the one about being the husband of one wife). No degrees, no ceremonies, none of that.

Sorry if I buzzed a little too much when the subject of "ordination" came up. It's likely because I grew up in a very large, traditional church where pomp and circumstance and robes and stoles and the like were front and center, while the Gospel was something those crazy "born-agains" (that's me, now) preached about somewhere else.

11 posted on 01/31/2005 11:58:07 AM PST by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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