The Importance of Ecclesial Titles

Jared: I think that there's going to be good pushback on this overture. This is not in any way a handing over any kind of keys of the church, he says. Jared: We're plundering Caesar for his information we're not handing him authority over our church officers. There were some cases in the early 2000s where presbyteries would call women deacons and other titles like shepherdice or deaconess because they didn't want them as pastor elder or deacon. Jerens: It was an issue around 2000 but it's just pretty much understood after then.