To What Extent Can a Woman Be a Deaconess Today?

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To What Extent Can a Woman Be a Deaconess Today?

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To what extent can a woman be a deaconess today? What is the purpose of one today? To me it seems as a way to subvert authority and slowly get women to be pastors and have authority. I remember Woe (possibly) saying that deaconesses in the early church would help only women in the community, and not be or try to be a pastor in all but name.