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The Situation
The Threat
The Greek or Greek-speaking Jews lodged a complaint against the Hebraic or Hebrew-speaking Jews.
The former group didn’t believe food was distributed equally among their widows.
Nor did this unequal distribution appear to randomly occur.
It looked as if the widows were being treated differently because they were either Greeks or Hebrews.
It seemed that cultural or ethnic prejudice was threatening the unity of the church and the physical well-being of some members.
The Solution
So this is where we get the earliest forms of deacons but they seem to have evolved and grown as the church matured.
What is the office of a Deacon?
Deacon is just the Greek word for servant.
It has a somewhat broad meaning in the ancient world; it could refer to all Christians, as servants of Christ.
Or it could narrow and refer to anyone engaged in formal ministry (I.e.
Missionaries, pastors, and deacons would all be ministers/servants).
Or, it could refer to an official role within the church.
“The role of the deacon is mainly a servant role.
Deacons are needed in the church to provide logistical and material support so that the pastors can concentrate their efforts on the Word of God, prayer, and shepherding”
Qualifications?
In Acts 6, we briefly learn that they are full of the spirit and wisdom.
One of the key differences in qualifications for pastors and deacons is the pastors must be skillful to teach, whereas deacons don’t have to be.
We do believe Scripture opens up doors for both men and women and we can unpack that more on the midweek podcast this week.
Also, at our church, we view the office of deacon to be task specific.
This is more of a matter of wisdom and prudence rather than because we believe the Bible mandates this.
In other words, instead of having a group of people who are general deacons, we are looking at deacons over specific areas.
Here are a few different tasks
set up
child care
sound
benevolence
missions
Finance
And more.
All of these roles have oversight from the pastors.
There are a handful of members at our church that have been faithfully engaging in tasks that serve the church.
One particular person is Isaiah Langenfeld.
Isaiah has been serving our church in finance for a number of months.
And we want to officially recommend him to be a deacon to the congregation.
As leaders, we’ve done our part in the process and now it’s your turn.
For the next months, we’d like you members to consider a few questions:
Questions to ask during Vetting Stage:
Is this candidate a mature and growing Christian?
Do we want our congregation to imitate this candidate?
Is there anything that disqualifies the prospective deacon from serving?
Does the prospective deacon show competence in the area of service?
Is the prospective deacon aligned with the churches doctrine, mission and vision?
Is the congregation supportive of the potential deacon entering the office?
The Result
Who among us would not like to see the Word spread, the number of disciples rapidly increase, and large numbers of people become obedient to the faith?
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