[A.A. Cunningham]

I do believe however there are strict rules in the bible for a woman to be a deconess(sic) and that those rules ought to apply today.

Bravo Sierra.

Provide chapter and verse references for the word "deaconess" in Scripture.

[Morgana]

Don’t get protestant on my a**. I’d have to go searching but right now I know off the top of my head Pheobe was one.