They are unordained in a sense, but they take the same vows that ordained deacons in PCA churches do - the female deaconesses have exactly the same role and function as the male deaconesses (i mean deacons) do. I happened to be at Redeemer one Sunday when they took their vows of office. I'm not sure how they regard them "officially" - that is whether the males they consider to be ordained and the females not.

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