Below are the relevant downloads/relevant articles related to our efforts. If you do not find what you are looking for here, please reference the footnotes of the original document.

The Functional Female Officer Report Downloads

Dataset, Updated February 8th, 2026

“Is There a Third Way in Complementarian Women’s Ministry?”

“The Case for Commissioning (Not Ordaining) Deaconesses.”

Overture 34: Amend RAO 16 to Require Reporting on Session and Diaconate Membership and Duties

Link to The Functional Female Officer Report

Relevant Articles (Not Affiliated with Save the PCA)

“The Last Gasp of a Progressive Feminist Agenda in the PCA?” by Ryan Biese (02/05/26)

“Calvin’s Deaconesses” by Thomas Rickard (01/27/26)

“Response to ‘PCA Prayer and Lament’” by Thomas Rickard (12/09/25)

“Slow Like Molasses” by Thomas Rickard (12/02/25)

“Slow Descent” by Thomas Rickard (11/25/25)

“Words Matter” by Thomas Rickard (11/11/25)

“Christianity and Feminism” by Jeremy Byrd (10/15/25)

“Semantic Range” by Thomas Rickard (10/14/25)

“The Tax Attorney Hermeneutic” by Aaron M. Renn (10/14/25)

“The Foster Report Is A Credible Report: Functional Female Officers in the PCA” by Matthew Lee (10/13/25)

“PCA Threat Assessment” by Justen Ellis (10/13/25)

“Christ’s Officers are Sufficient” by Thomas Rickard (10/10/25)

“Shepherdesses in the PCA?” by Zachary Garris (10/09/25)

“A Brotherly Plea to Cease Using the Title ‘Deaconess’” by Thomas Rickard (02/07/25)