The Role of Female Deacons in Church Settings
The biblical references to female deacons like Phoebe and Dorcas shed light on the unique service roles they played in the early church community. These women were commended for their assistance to widows and overall contributions to the church, highlighting a distinct form of ministry beyond traditional roles. Explore the significance of these female deacons and their impact on church service.
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servant, deacon , deaconess (ISV) Romans 16:1-2
A separate order of female deacons? The word women is used not wives (cf. I Cor. 14:34-35) . Redundant to say the deacon is to be a married man in verse 12, if in verse 11 he is speaking of wives (I Tim. 3:11-12). Is not in like manner speaking of a distinct office? (I Tim. 3:8, 11; I Tim. 2:8-9) Not a distinct office but similar characteristics of wives helping their husbands in their special work. Distinct office not addressed in church of Philippi though there were women laborers (Phil. 1:1, 4:2).
Older Widows Deacons I Tim. 5 Enrolled to receive continual assistance by the church widows indeed (I Tim. 5:3, 9,16). Widows in need not Deacons indeed!
Phoebe servant of the church Paul commends Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchreae to saints in Rome (Rom. 16:1). Receive her in the Lord worthily of saints not of the office of a deacon (Rom. 16:2) Worthily of assistance in whatsoever need she has need of you, not in doing the business of a deacon (Rom. 16:2) She has helped many, including Paul in fulfilling her role as a ______________. You can be a servant of the church without being in the office of deacons like being an elder does not mean you are in the office of the elders ( I Tim. 5:1, 17-19)
Dorcas a helper of needy widows Disciple Tabitha: full of good deeds and almsdeeds which she did (Acts 9:36) Widows showing the coats and garments which she made when she was with them (Acts 9:39) Called not the order of female deacons to present her alive but to the saints and widows (Acts 9:41).
The Bible speaks of two offices of service: bishops overseers and deacons servants Philippians 1:1
