Are you familiar with Amish ordinations? An ordination is a service where a new minister, deacon or bishop is ordained. We have several examples in the New Testament of ways they ordained a church ...
In 1992, 42-year-old Kathy Manis Findley was ordained by Southern Baptists in El Paso, Texas, after members of her own congregation in Arkansas repeatedly declined to do so. The debate split Lakeshore ...
It’s possible to define deacons in a number of ways — by their state in life, ministries, ordination, history or calling — but it’s a mistake to reduce them to the roles or functions. This may be why ...