Rosalynn Carter ordained as deacon by Baptist church Plains, Ga.

Associated Baptist Press News ^ | December 19, 2006 | John Pierce

[Between the Lines]

While this news seemed irrelevant last month when it happened, since the Clinton/Carter announcement it has become noteworthy.

[WKB]

Baptist ping

[Uri’el-2012]

Former First Lady Rosalynn Smith Carter was ordained as a deacon Dec. 10 by Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga.

The Maranatha Baptist Church must have voted
and decided that the Holy Word of G-d is optional.

b'shem Y'shua

[Sally'sConcerns]

I don't like it at all! Deacon's should be men. Of course I've always attended churches affiliated with SBC and my father was a deacon of a large Baptist church in Houston. Maybe that's why I dislike the idea of women being deacons.

[Mo1]

what you mentioned on the other thread is even more interesting after reading this

[jkl1122]

I dislike it because it is not authorized or in any way supported in Scripture.

[CindyDawg]

How do they support this with scripture?

[WKB]

How do they support this with scripture?


I suppose the same way they support abortion and homosexuality.

[jkl1122]

The same way that any denomination supports non-Scriptural doctrines. They don't.

[Between the Lines]

How do they support this with scripture?

Red letter Christianity. If it ain't written in red, it ain't important.

[Magnolia]

How do they support this with scripture?

Scripture is a "living" document just like the Constitution!

[Sensei Ern]

SInce they are liberal enough to allow women deacons, I will use the NIV as the source reference:
1 Timothy 3
Overseers and Deacons
1Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task. 2Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife,

What church is this again? Icabod Baptist Church of Plains, GA?

[GrandEagle]

1 Tim 3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 1 Tim 3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 1 Tim 3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 1 Tim 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 1 Tim 3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Sure explanes a lot about Jimmy now doesn't it.

Once you decide that Gods word is not the final authority - then you are free to make your own rules. However, you now have a club of some sort, not a Church or the Living God - The Bride of Christ.

Prov 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

[Alex Murphy]

Anyone remember when Rosalyn Carter told us that Larry Flynt (Hustler Magazine) was saved as a result of her prayers?

[CindyDawg]

I hear yall but Baptists plan their doctrine according to scripture.

[jkl1122]

I would agree with you for the most part, but not in this case. There is no legitimate way to support women being deacons using the Bible.

[wagglebee]

Anyone remember when Rosalyn Carter told us that Larry Flynt (Hustler Magazine) was saved as a result of her prayers?

IIRC, that was Ruth Carter Stapleton (Jimmy's sister), not Rosalyn.

[CindyDawg]

They may have kept the name but this isn't a "Baptist" church IMO.

[WKB]

Lest we forget Fred Phelps "claims" to be a baptist.