deaconess

Acts 6:1-7: Hello brethren, I have a question on scriptural Presbyterian polity. In the above passage, it seems the apostles called "the multitude of the disciples" to nominate the first deacons. What is this multitude? Is this a way to elect deacons, or the only right way to go about it...

Hey, Greetings from a new guy to to the boards. The PCA church I belong to is establishing a Diaconate after many years of not having one, and I have been nominated as one of the candidates. The Session has decided to have a mixed male and female diaconate. While reading the PCA BCO I...

Reading through the Bible and this forum, I've gotten very confused on the subject of Deacons and Deaconesses. It seems that the Greek word translated deacons (Διακόνους/Diakonous) might as well be translated as "those who serve". Phoebe herself is called a servant using the word...

*Note: This thread grew out of a broader discussion of women deacons and the PCA. You can find that discussion here The above argument boils down to this: The same word always means the same thing. We can think of many words not only in our own language but in the Greek as well for which...

Last evening at my house a group of us had a great discussion of 'wives' as 'women' in I Timothy 3. We talked about women deacons and our thoughts on them. So what do you think? :detective: