Reader focus is often on Women called to the pastoral or preaching ministries, but only in smaller circles do we discuss (Baptist) women's inability to serve in the diaconate ministry. Sunday January 28, 2018 was the first time in 164 years that women were allowed to be ordained as deacons Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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