![]() He ranks paid ministry positions higher than unpaid ministry positions. For example, Grudem ranks evangelistic ministries rather low. I have several problems with Grudem’s criteria for ranking these ministries. List 1 includes ministries that involve “governing authority” List 2 includes ministries that involve Bible teaching List 3 includes ministries that involve public visibility and recognition. He has categorised these 83 ministries into three lists. In an article entitled “But What S hould Women Do in the Church?” (his emphasis in italics), Grudem has gone to the trouble of painstakingly listing 83 church ministries in, according to him, decreasing order of the “authority” and “influence” needed to minister and participate in these ministries. Wayne Grudem is a fairly well known Christian theologian and hierarchical complementarian in North America. ![]() Ranking the “Authority” and “Influence” of Ministries
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