A friend of mine sent me the link to this fascinating account of how Mars Hill Bible Church, led by their pastor, Rob Bell, voted to overturn the section of their original constitution that limited the office of elder to men. According to the article, two of their eight elders are women.
You can read my argument that the Bible clearly teaches that only men can serve as elders in an essay I presented at the 2005 Wheaton Theology Conference: What Women Can Do in Ministry: Full Participation within Biblical Boundaries.
