---
title: 'In the New Testament We Find Female Missionaries, But Not Women Elders'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Childs Robinson'
date: 1956-10-17
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Bible and Canon'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Luke 8'
- 'Romans 16'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/robinson-1956-in-the-new-testament-we-find-female-missionaries-but-not-women-elders
---

# In the New Testament We Find Female Missionaries, But Not Women Elders

Advocates Bible-centered preaching and Presbyterian polity: upholds Scripture's authority, affirms women as missionaries but argues there is no scriptural warrant for women elders.

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