After reading some of you reply here I think I see what some of the issue is.

In the PCA I belong to we do it like this:

We have elders over different divisions of the Church:
    A. Elder of Church Grounds (male):
      under him are deacons (male) that assist:
        1. Deacon of External Church Grounds
        2. Deacon of Internal Church Grounds, etc.
          under each of these may be committees:
            i.e. Internal Church Grounds

            a. Church Opening Committee which organizes the Sunday morning building preparations---air conditioning, lighting, et. al.
            b. Usher Committee
            c. Hospitality Committee (no men), headed by a woman, who answers to a deacon, who thus answers to the elder.
          Thus, far from the notion that woman do not serve in the church or have no decision making power therein, they do, but they do biblically. The do not usurp authority over the man and are in biblical subjection.


Reformed and Always Reforming,