Consider the Christian woman Phoebe, whom the apostle Paul introduced as “our sister, who is a minister of the congregation that is in Cenchreae. ” ​ — Romans 16: 1.
Piemēram, kādu kristieti, vārdā Foiba, apustulis Pāvils nosauca par ” mūsu māsu, kas ir Kenhrejas draudzes kalpotāja [diakonos] ”.