The following question was submitted to the Pastor's Inbox: 

Greetings Pastors, I had a question regarding female deacons? Is affirming female deacons in the church both in keeping with scripture and reformed Baptist tradition? Obviously, this would be in light of passages in 1 Tim 3 (Wives or Women debate in verse 11) and Rom 16 (was Phoebe a Deacon in her church) and obviously Acts 6. How do these square with deacons having possibly some authority, though a derivative and subordinate authority, from the Eldership? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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