Mark Allison

“The derived nature of clerical authority also means that in the church, hierarchical models must give way to more egalitarian ways of relating to each other. Jesus did not come merely to reverse the location of people in the old social structures. He did not intend to install underlings in dominant positions and reduce the upper classes to subordinate status. Rather, he called into question the very idea of society based on dominant-subordinate relationships. Consequently, in the church any dominance of clergy over laity must give way to the mutual submission of all.”
― Stanley J. Grenz, Women in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry