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Originally Posted by Zenas  Hmmm. I know my church has a fellow officer who doesn't hold to paedo-baptism, but then others who "do", in that they simply don't care. I'd rather have the credo-baptist on board with me, promising not to make an issue out of it, than 5 folks that are just luke-warm and aquiescent on all issues. |  That raises an interesting question: should deacons be required to fully-subscribe to the standards since they are not in a teaching or ruling position? I do not see how someone being a Baptist, for instance, would be a hindrance to him carrying out the duties of a Deacon in a Presbyterian church. 
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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
Member of Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland (Covenanter)
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