Sentences with phrase «with women deacons»
The decision to ordain women as ministers was made after years of study and discussion, and decades of experience with women deacons and elders.
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Phoebe now bears the title of «deacon» in Romans, while in 1 Timothy, in a passage dealing with qualifications for deacons, the translators changed the wording from «their wives are to be women worthy of respect» to «the women are to be worthy of respect,» implying that women deacons may be in view.
The main biblical evidence is (1) the stories of the creation (Gen.I: 26 - 27 with 5:1 - 2; 2:18 - 25) and the fall (3:16 - 20); (2) Jesus» respect for women, whom he consistently treated as men's equals (Luke 8:1 - 3; 10:38 - 42; 11:28 - 28; 13:10 - 17; 21:1 - 4; Mark 5:22 - 42; John 4:7 - 38; 8:3 - 11; 12:1 - 8; (3) references to women ministering in the apostolic church by prophesying, leading in prayer, teaching, practicing Samaritanship both informally and as widows and deacons, and laboring in the gospel with Apostles (Acts 2:17 - 21; 9:36 - 42; 18:24 - 26; 21:9 Rom.
Wilson said that Schaap admitted to the deacons that he had an adulterous affair with the young woman, initially believed to be 16.
He leads Deacon with women by 16 pOINTS, and is also doing well in the democratic stronghold of the city of Syracuse, leading Deacon by 12 - points.
Thinking this was all kind of weird, I called one of the other women who rode with us & asked her about her opinions and what the deacon had said.
The star - who has 18 - year - old daughter Ava and 14 - year - old son Deacon with his ex-wife Reese Witherspoon, as well as six - year - old Kai with Alexis Knapp - feels «sickened» by the «false» domestic violence accusations made against him because he grew up around women and was an advocate for women's rights.