I can find one woman who is a
deacon. That would be Phoebe in
Romans 16:1. Paul called her a deacon (diakonon) even though he later said a deacon should be the husband of one wife (
1 Tim 3:12). Perhaps he meant only one spouse (husband or wife) at a time.
I can find one woman who is an
apostle, that would be Junia in
Romans 16:7.
Anna in
Luke 2:36 was a
prophet.
Priscilla and her husband
taught Apollos in
Acts 18:26.
The first person Jesus revealed Himself to as the Messiah or Christ was the woman at the well in
John 4. She went into the village and spoke words that caused some to believe in Jesus. That would seem to be an
evangelist (one who announces or declares good news). The first ones told to tell others about the resurrection were women (
Matthew 28:7). Since they were women, some of the men considered their joyful announcement to be "idle tales" (
Luke 24:11), which would be about the way some men treat women preachers today.
The elect lady of
2 John 1 may have been a
pastor and those referred to as her children may have been members of her congregation.
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