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Shall there be women deacons and/or deaconesses in the PCA?

Note: We are not making any effort here to sort the articles into "pro," "con," or neutral. These articles come from several different viewpoints. We are just providing information.

Deaconesses in History, Nancy Vyhmeister, PhD.
Hermeneutics of Women in Ordained Office
History of the Deaconess Movement in Christian Churches
The Office of Elder and Implications for Deacons, Ian Murray
Ohio Valley Presbytery Committee Report on Women Deacons
Qualifications for Deacons, Phil Ryken
Bayly's Comments and Clarifications on Ryken's Warfield Quotations
Acts 6:1-6
OPC Minority Report: Can Women Be Deacons (Strimple)
What is the Teaching Role of Women?, Parkinson (EPC)
Women in Authority, Ra McLaughlin
Women and the Lord's Supper--May Women Distribute Elements?
Was Phoebe A Deacon? (Lee Irons)
Lane Keister Responds to Lee Irons
May Women Teach Adult Sunday School Classes? (Poythress/Frame)
From the Layman (PCUSA): PCA Rejects Study Committee on Deaconesses
Aquila Report Article: PCA GA: 'Deaconesses' Cannot Serve on Diaconates
Aquila Report Article: Ohio Valley Presbytery Committee on Women Serving as Deacons
BB Warfield on Presbyterian Deaconesses
The Aquila Report Summarizes 4 GA Overtures
Central Georgia Overtures GA to Decline Study Committee on Deaconesses
Ordaining Women As Deacons, Patterson (Anglican Viewpoint)
Deacons, Female Deacons, and Deaconesses in the PCA-An Explanation of the Terms and the Situation
The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) Position on Women Deacons or Deaconesses
The Conduct of Women in the Church
Rocky Mountain Presbytery Asks Assembly to Clarify Roles for Women
The Deaconess Program at Concordia Theological Seminary
Deaconess - Wikipedia Article
Deaconesses in the Church
Who Was Phoebe?
St. Phoebe the Deaconess at Cenchreae near Corinth
PCA General Assembly Cuts Ties with Christian Reformed Church Over Women's Ordination
Assembly Vindicates MNA Committee (PINS)
Assembly Declares Female Preaching to Violate Scripture (PINS)
Knoxville Pastor to Face Charges over Women Preaching (PINS)
Woman Delivers Messages at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church (PINS)
The New Testament Office of Deacon (John Calvin, Institutes)
Women in Ministry, Stinson and Cowan
Women's Ministry in the Local Church: A Covenantal and Complementarian Approach, Susan Hunt
Ordaining Women Deacons, by Stephen R. Woods
Evangelical Feminism, Path to Liberalism, Wayne Grudem
The Authority of the Word and the Wisdom of the Church, Roy Taylor
A Brief History Lesson (Ron Gleason)
Women's Ministry in the Local Church (Ligon Duncan and Susan Hunt)
Women at Worship at Covenant Seminary (Part One)
Women at Worship at Covenant Seminary (Part Two)
General Assembly Overture Recommends Study of Women Deaconesses (ByFaith Article)
Women Theologians, Carolyn Custis James
Women in Office, Especially About Deaconesses
Female Leadership and the Church, Dave Miller, Ph.D.
The Office of Deaconess, Mary P. Truesdell
The Historical Orthodox Deaconess (Large Website, many links)
Deaconess Program at Concordia Theological Seminary (LCMS)
Deaconess Beacon (Many Articles About Being A Deaconess)
Women in the Church, What Can They Do/Not Do?
Wives of Deacons, Women, Deaconesses?
The Role of Deaconess Through the Ages
The ROLE of Deacons & Women as Deacon(esses)
1 Timothy 3:11 Women, Wives or Deacons
John Piper Supports Female Deacons
May Women Be Deacons?, Wallace
Biblical Gender Roles and Backward Cultural Assumptions in the PCA, Katie Bell
Woman’s Role in the Church, Jackson
Was Phoebe a Deaconess?
Women May Not Teach Men (Word studies on Phoebe, etc., too), Joseph Francis Alward
Warfield and Feminism
On Deaconesses
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia--DEACON; DEACONESS
Bob Deffinbaugh, Romans 16 Commentary
Deaconess - Smith's Bible Dictionary Article
Wikipedia Article: Deaconess
Women In Church Office, the Rev. Ron Cammenga
The Ordination of Women To The Office of Deaconess, Roger Smalling, D.Min
Tenth Presbyterian Church Defends Female Deacons/Deaconesses and HERE, too
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Defends Deaconesses
A Brief History of the PCA
A Historical and Biblical Examination of Women Deacons, Schwertly
OPC Position on Deaconesses
OPC Full Report on Women in Church Office
The Original PCA Contract, Tim Keller
Women in Ministry, Alan Foster
The PCA and Gospel Ministry in an Urban, Egalitarian Environment, Sam Downing
The Bible, the Church and Gender Roles, Tim Keller
What is the Role of Women in the Church? Mike Scott
The Ordination of Deacons (Faith PCA of Tacoma)
Women Deacons And Deaconesses? (Blackburn)
A Historical and Biblical Examination of Women Deacons, Brian Schwertley
Women and Ministry at Church of the Redeemer
The Ordination of Women to the Diaconate
MP3 Audio File - Wayne Grudem on Evangelical Feminism and Liberalism
The PCA and Gospel Ministry in an Urban, Egalitarian Environment, Sam Downing
Why I Want to (and did) Join the RPCUS, Henry Johnson
What’s Wrong with Being Presbyterian? (Ron Gleason)
Video: Carolyn Custis James speaks at Dallas Theological Seminary
Lost Women of the Bible, Chapter One, Carolyn Custis James
Women Theologians: A Spiritual Goldmine for the Church By Carolyn Custis James
The Debate Over Feminist Theology: Which View Is Biblical? (Rhodes)
Whither Westminster? Compiled by Andrew J. Webb

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