Following last night's discussion

If you weren’t able to be with us last night, it was a very encouraging time. 


After my sermon this past Sunday, Carrie mentioned that she was surprised when I said that 1 Timothy 3 and Romans 16:1 open the possibility that women could be recognized as deacons. So, we spent last night disussing this. It was a great conversation. We agreed we wanted to come back and discuss it some more next Wednesday.


Below are a few resources from ministires that I have found helpful over the years, just to show how some others have viewed this.

John Piper on Women Deacons


Did the Deacons Include Women?

This is a great resource. I especially like this format for breaking down the interpretation of the passage. It takes a few minutes for him to get to the aspect about women. If you ever have a question about a passage, check to see if


Men and Women in the Deaconate

This is a short article from Piper from 1995 showing that their church recognized men and women deacons.

9 Marks/Mark Dever on Women Deacons

On Deacons

This is a great podcast covering the subject of deacons. It covers women deacons. I believe Dever mentions that the SBC church had women deacons from its founding. It also covers some of the issues we were discussing regarding the probelms with deacons functionally serving as elders. There's audio and a transcript.


Life Together

This is from Capitol Hill Baptist Church, the church were Mark Dever is Pastor. It's from their Church Membership Class. If you scroll down to the section on deacons they say that they recognize men and women deacons. It also mentions that deacons were not set up to have "oversight."

John Macarthur on women deacons

Qualified Servants

This is one of MacArthur's sermons from 1986. In it he says that women can serve as deacons. And he says that at their church, they hand hundreds of women deacons serving. I did not read the whole thing. I searced for the word "women" and looked at the instances.


Key Questions About Deacons

This is an article answering questions about Deacons. Scroll down to section 9 to read their stance in favor of women serving in the office.