Featured Shiloh Baptist Ordains Seven Women as Deacons

Good for them!

 

JUST as long as they do not go against the scriptures and add any as either Pastors or Elders!

 

The biblical example shows that deacons served the congregation and the poor, but they also engaged in preaching and evangelism. Stephen (a deacon) was the first martyr and preached the longest sermon recorded in the New Testament.

 

They are already going against scripture.

 

You know all about them, do you?

 

In the Book of Acts, women prophesied (preached). You can't get around that if you accept scripture as authoritative.

 

Experience does not trump scripture. My church has had women serving as deacons for a few decades.

 

I only know what was in the article. I have no concerns with women serving God, the congregation, and the community as deacons. We have an example of it in scripture.

 

1 Timothy 3:12 Excludes women from being in the position of deacon.

This is an apostate church, which there are a lot of, I just wish they would lose the Baptist title.

It confuses people by making them think that this church uses the Bible as their final authority.

The leadership at Shiloh is corrupt.

 

they were not preaching as Pastors would today, but akin to modern day charismatic, "speaking forth as Spirit give them utterance"
They were exercising gift of prophesy, not of preaching/proclaiming!

 

Only one mentioned was a possible deaconese, but NONE given as pastors or Elders!

 

What scripture supports that position?

 

Phoebe was "a deacon of the church." (see Romans 16:1-2)

The "husband of one wife" is a description of a person's character, like 1 Timothy 3:2-5. The presence of a noted female deacon who worked closely with Paul - noted in Romans 16:1-2 - demonstrates that gender is not an issue in regard to deacons.

 

Romans 16:1-2. Phoebe was a deacon.