Is the Role of Elder/Pastor in the Local Church reserved for biblically qualified men only?

One of the most controversial issues facing the church today is the question - who can lead the local church in the role of elder or pastor? The evidence of Scripture going back to creation and the New Testament, church history and the relative recent explosion of egalitarianism helps us be a church that is joyfully and contentedly embrace a position that is complementarian. While also helping all of our men and women serve in all the ways God allows in the local church and kingdom of God.