Romans 16:1 mentions Phebe as a deacon of which church?

• A. Phoebe
• B. Phebe
• C. Priscilla
• D. Junia

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is identifying which church Phoebe is connected to in Romans 16:1. In that verse, Paul introduces Phoebe and describes her as a diakonos, often translated as "servant" or "deacon," of the church at Cenchreae. Cenchreae was a harbor town near Corinth, so the passage is signaling that Phoebe served that local church, perhaps even carrying Paul's letter to Rome. The term diakonos can carry a sense of formal role or general service, and many translations reflect the sense of a recognized servant or helper within the church community. The other options are names of people mentioned elsewhere in the passage, not a church location, so they don’t answer which church is being referenced.