Report of the Study Committee on: Women Serving as Deacons 2007 EDITOR’S NOTE: The findings of this report, together with the committee's reports from 2005 and 2006 led Conference to allow churches to [...]
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Report of the Study Committee: Woman as Deacons EDITOR’S NOTE: With Conference having approved women as deacons at First Reading the previous year (2005), the committee's new assignment by Conference [...]
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Report of the Study Committee: Role of Women in the Church EDITOR’S NOTE: The findings of this report led the committee to propose that Conference allow churches to elect women as deacons. The 2004 Co [...]
Read MoreReport of the Study Committee on The Role of Women in the Church [2001] EDITOR’S NOTE: Based on an elder board request to the 1999 Conference, this committee was formed to examine what role women have [...]
Read MoreStudy on Use of “Laypersons” [1996]
Report of the Study Committee to Clarify the Use of "Laymen" and "Laypersons" The study committee met three times in [...]
Read MoreReport of the Committee to Prepare an Alternate Understanding of 'The Biblical View of the Role of Women in the Church' [1980] EDITOR’S NOTE: This Committee proposed an Alternate to the 1977 Study whi [...]
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