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An overview of the the standards for the office/role of deacon.

What Qualifications are required of Deacons in the Local Church? God instructs us in the first letter to Timothy the Role, the Requirements, and the Reward for a Deacon.

2009-06-14 (am) 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Men of God This morning, we’re listening in on Paul’s wisdom given to Timothy. It is one pastor writing to another. One leader of the church encouraging and equipping another. We’re focussing on this passage because in a sense, Paul is encouraging and equipping our new…

DEACONS: THE SPECIAL SERVANTS OF THE CHURCH (ACTS 6:1-7) While preparing this message, I read about a Church which during their Annual Homecoming celebration, would have an active deacon give a testimony about a deceased deacon who had been a special blessing to him and to the church. This particular…

Deacons: Agents of Change Acts 6:8-15 Do you like change? You probably heard about the man from the mountains of Tennessee who found himself in a large city for the first time, standing outside the door of an elevator. He watched with interest as an old, haggard woman hobbled on the elevator, and the…

DEACONS: GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANTS ACTS 6:1-6 Bruce Larson, in his book Wind and Fire, points out some interesting facts about Sandhill Cranes. He says: These large birds, which fly great distances across continents, have three remarkable qualities. First, they rotate leadership. No one bird stays out in…

THE PASTOR’S PRIMER O.S. HAWKINS Copyright 2006 O.S. Hawkins All rights reserved ISBN: 0-9779400-0-4 Dewey Decimal Classification: 253-dc22 Subject Heading: CLERGY - HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC. Printed in the United States of America Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New…

Ministry (Deacon Sunday); nv 2/8/04 am OS: A When you make the decision to be the church that God wants you to be you are faced with more than just holding services each Sunday. Today we begin our “Deacon Process” – (Huddle Time). Over the next several weeks we huddle up and devise our plans to accomplish…

Deacon: A Word Study E. Keith Hassell Diakoneo 1. Means, to be attendant or to wait upon 2. Used to refer to waiting on someone at a table as a waiter a. Luke 22:24-27 (NKJV) “Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest. 25 And He said to them, ‘The…

Today’s gospel has Jesus moving south to Capernaum – on the last leg of His journey toward His crucifixion. His time here on earth was nearing an end. Before he left, He needed some private time; some one-on-one time with his chosen disciples to write His message on their hearts. And just what was that…