I tend to think of offices in the church as ordained positions such as elder and deacon where men were chosen based on spiritual gifts, set aside and prayed over for particular work. Other positions in the church such as precentor or music leader, deaconness IMHO are valid, are put in place under the direction of the leadership for the purpose of order and ministering more effectively. For instance, a deaconness can do the work of a deacon serving women better than a man, so the deacons look for gifted women in the church to serve that role and direct it.

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J Baldwin
Keowee Presbyterian Church, PCA
Pickens, SC
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27

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