The synod on the Amazon has again raised the possibility of women deacons. The New Testament gives us a model and precedent, writes Micah D. Kiel of St. Ambrose University, by the name of Phoebe.
Micah D. Kiel
Micah D. Kiel is a professor in the theology department at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, and the author of Reading the Bible in the Age of Francis.