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Maysville church of Christ Column
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QUESTION: I know the churches of Christ have elders and deacons. Why don’t you have deaconesses? Phoebe was a deaconess in the church, notice Romans 16:1.
ANSWER: The apostle Paul wrote: “I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant to the church that is at Cenchrea” (Romans 16:1). There are some churches of men with official deaconesses. A few perverted versions of the Bible use the…
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