One of the qualifications made clear by Paul in 1Tim 3; Titus 1 is that the presbyter (pastor, elder) is a male only and preferably married with obedient children.
For example, note how Paul qualifies the same list he gives to Timothy by saying in the previous chapter:
I do not allow a woman to teach or domineer over a man.
In other words, the woman is not to oversee males in the congregation with the teaching authority Paul lists for a presbyter.
And that's because, Paul says, "Adam was formed first, then Eve.
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was completely deceived, fell into sin."
This is why Restoration Fellowship does not agree with some non-trini ministries who have decided to start ordaining/appointing females to oversee some churches.
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