The ordination of female deacons is not automatically a slide into liberalism. A biblical argument can be made for them, and at least one very conservative Presbyterian denomination (the RPCNA) has had female deacons for a hundred years. The question should be discussed based on its biblical merit, not on its assumed "beginning of the end" reasoning. However, the informal allowance of something that is formally disallowed is helpful to no one!
The ordination of female deacons is not automatically a slide into liberalism. A biblical argument can be made for them, and at least one very conservative Presbyterian denomination (the RPCNA) has had female deacons for a hundred years. The question should be discussed based on its biblical merit, not on its assumed "beginning of the end" reasoning. However, the informal allowance of something that is formally disallowed is helpful to no one!