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Originally Posted by HaigLaw  What happens when an ordained deaconess in one ARP church transfers to another ARP church that feels women cannot be so ordained?  |
The same thing thet happens when an elder or deacon transfers to an other congregation. They are recieved as members.
The office is exercised locally. Just as a man may be a suitable deacon/elder in one congregation & yet never be nominated to the same office in an other congregation, so it would be with a deaconess. She would never be nominated to that office in the new congregation.