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Thus I would urge the movement toward a more biblical view of church and leadership in which we do not eliminate “clergy” — except for all the wrong connotations that that word often brings with it — but look for a renewed leadership and people, in which ordination is not so much to an office as the recognition of the Spirit’s prior gifting, and the role of leadership is more often that of Ephesians 4:11-16, preparing the whole church for its ministry to itself and to the world.