Phoebe is called a "deaconess." Does this mean she was an ordained officer in the church occupying the same office with male deacons? Could she have been in an unordained office, being considered as a widow on a certain list who served the church? Can women exercise authority over men in the church? How can a deaconess be in the same office as a man if the qualifcations for deacon is to be the husband of one wife according to I Timothy 3?
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John M. Otis received a Masters of Divinity degree and a Masters of Christian Education degree from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS in 1979. He was ordained as a minister of the gospel by Westminster Presbytery (PCA). In 1990, he transferred his membership from...