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Old 04-11-2008, 05:50 PM
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My church (PCA) views it as a service role. Hence we have deaconesses. It will be interesting to see the GA's view on this...
its something ive never seen- what do they do specifically thats different from what the men do?..
Nothing, at least as far as I can see. Here's a description:

Diaconate - redeemer.com
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