More fake news from the squawkers over at Pullet & Hen:
"Alert! Chairman of 2020 SBC Resolutions Committee is Interim Pastor of Church that Ordains Women Deacons"
Another whopper from JD Hall & Co.!
I went to
the church website and it is affirmed that deacons "must be men".
the church only ordains men:
"Ordination Defined....ordination is a church’s public recognition of those men who, in its opinion, are scripturally qualified and called of God to shepherd the flock, evangelize
unbelievers, teach, preach, administer the ordinances..."
as its Pastor Erwin Lutzer
explained:
"in the New Testament, both deacons and elders were men. I think that’s clear from 1 Timothy 3 and the other passages that talk about the qualifications of both. But I also believe that it is proper in a church to have deaconesses. This is based on Romans 16:1 for example, where a woman, Phoebe, is spoken of"
"we have deaconesses....the function of deaconesses should be different from that of deacons....here at The Moody Church, we do make that distinction."
"only men can fulfill the role as deacon. But deaconesses are permitted by Scripture, and their responsibilities and roles are quite different than that of a deacon"
Shame on these Chicken Little bloggers! And their gullible readers for spreading these falsehoods!