The issue is actually not about sex; it is about polity and ordination. Yet the bearers of non-standard titles seem to usually be women, not men. Women cannot be (and are not being) ordained in the PCA, though there seems to be a consistent desire to incorporate women more or less formally into something that looks like leadership or office.³ Again, the offices of the PCA are open only to men. In some contexts, this may be unpopular or difficult to explain. Withholding ordination from men (as some have admitted doing), making one office subject to local option (as one overture would do), or blurring the lines between ordained offices and larger, informal “leadership” pools is disorderly and cannot be the answer. Read more»

Brad Isbell | “Frank Talk About the Church of What’s Happening Now” | February 17, 2026

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  Brad Isbell is a ruling elder at Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Oak Ridge, TN, board member of More In The PCA, co-host of the Presbycast podcast, editorial member of Presbyterian Polity, and treasurer of the Heidelberg Reformation Association.

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