Redeemer NYC Deaconess Ordination/Installation

At Redeemer Church NYC, this is a video of a deaconess being ordained and installed during a worship service in May of 2009.

Male and female deacons are all being installed together (0:03); Deb, elected to be a female deacon is being used as the exemplar to represent the other 17 being installed later that morning; The Pastor states: "Deb is assuming the Diaconal Role this morning." (0:13); Nominated (0:20) by members of Redeemer as a Candidate just as the other elders and deacons; Extensive Training Process (0:28); Interviewed by other officers of the Church (0:35); Elected by vote of congregation (0:41); Deaconess for Deb is an extraordinary calling (1:17); She is charged (1:34); Six Ordination Questions are asked to the woman (4:26); The Pastor clearly uses the word 'ordination' in regard to what is going on (5:09); The members of Redeemer promise and covenant to yield obedience to her. (6:02).

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• Deaconesses
• Ordination
• Installation
• Redeemer

[Chopinsnocturnes]

Redeemer Presbyterian is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) which does not ordain women to the offices of deacon or elder. This is a violation of the PCA's Book of Church Order. There has been much discussion at PCA General Assemblies in recent years; however, the subject of ordaining women to the office deacon was voted in the negative at General Assembly approximately two years ago. This is a flagrant violation of the PCA's polity.