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Zagano was born in Queens, New York in 1947. [1] She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in 1965. She has a BA from Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York (1969); master's degrees in communications from Boston University (1970), in literature from Long Island University (1972), and in theology from St. John's University (1991); and a PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook ...
[2] [21] Justinian's legislation in the mid-6th century regarding clergy throughout his territories in the East and the West mentioned men and women as deacons in parallel. He also included women as deacons among those he regulated for service at the Great Church of Hagia Sophia, listing men and women as deacons together, and later specifying ...
Most positions in Texas government and federal government are male-dominated, and women often have a hard time competing with men in the political arena. Shedding light on this disparity is the fact that Texas has only elected two female governors throughout its history, proving that women still have much work to secure.
Deacons, like priests, are ordained ministers, and as in the priesthood, must be men in today's Church. Women deacons existed in early Christianity, but it is unclear what role they had.
However, there is an increasingly strong movement in the PCA to allow ordination of women as deacons including overtures in the General Assembly. [91] A number of PCA churches are known to have non-ordained women deacons and deaconesses. [92] The EPC is also more tolerant of the charismatic movement than the PCA.
We should see more women running for office and winning. Texas women are active politically. They vote. In the 2020 presidential election, 6.3 million Texas women voted, compared with 5.6 million men.
Yellow Rose of Texas, awarded to Jennifer Kinsey, wife of Major General Johann R. Kinsey, August 15, 2019. The Commission of the Yellow Rose of Texas, commonly referred to as the Yellow Rose of Texas, is an honorary commission conferred by the Governor of Texas to Texas women for exceptional community service. [1]
Unlike most related denominations, however, deacons in the RPCNA may be either male or female; the first women deacons were ordained in 1888 (with attempts to limit the diaconate to men having failed as recently as 2002). In 1939, a committee of the Synod brought in a unanimous recommendation that women may be ordained as elders.