Women Deacons at the 2026 PCA General Assembly
The 53rd PCA General Assembly rejected Overture 37, which would have opened the office of deacon to women. The exegetical debate over Phoebe continues.
Continue readingEssays, interviews, and reflections on the ministry of the deacon.
The 53rd PCA General Assembly rejected Overture 37, which would have opened the office of deacon to women. The exegetical debate over Phoebe continues.
Continue readingEvery NAPARC church order gives its deacons the benevolence funds. The thirteen disagree about everything after that: the general budget, the property, and who holds the checkbook. Quoted exactly, with sources.
Continue readingThe statement each of the thirteen NAPARC denominations makes, in its own church order or constitution, about the office and work of the deacon. Quoted exactly, with sources.
Continue readingPatrick Sanders' 2025 PCA General Assembly seminar making the case for the deacon as a full, distinct office.
Continue readingA written version of my 2026 OPC Diaconal Summit workshop on fitting diaconal service into a busy life, plus the handout, slides, and resources.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon podcast conversation with McRay Simmons on staying motivated and pressing on in diaconal ministry.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon panel discussion working through real-world cases of financial discernment in diaconal ministry.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon podcast episode on helping seniors recognize and avoid financial scams.
Continue readingA talk from the 6th OPC Presbytery Diaconal Summit on 2 Corinthians 8–9 and presbytery diaconal work.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon podcast conversation with Becky Haney on how deacons can better care for widows.
Continue readingJohn Lorimer on the danger of insincerity in the deacon.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon podcast discussion on helping congregations understand what deacons do.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon podcast conversation with Rev. Chris Cashen on how deacons can care for and encourage their pastor.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon podcast conversation on how the OPC's Committee on Diaconal Ministries and Committee on Ministerial Care serve the church.
Continue readingHow Presbytery Diaconal Committees can promote and encourage diaconal work within their presbyteries.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon podcast interview with Dr. Jim Newheiser about his book Money, Debt and Finances.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon panel discussion on walking alongside people in the church.
Continue readingA Mortification of Spin podcast episode with David Nakhla on diaconal ministry in the OPC.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon panel discussion on proactive diaconal ministry.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon podcast interview with Rev. Dr. C. N. Willborn about books a deacon should have in his personal library.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon panel discussion on handling walk-in requests for diaconal assistance.
Continue readingWords of encouragement and wisdom for a newly ordained deacon.
Continue readingFifteen practical ways deacons can bless their pastor, originally published in Ordained Servant.
Continue readingA Reformed Deacon podcast interview with Dr. Cornelis Van Dam about his book The Deacon.
Continue readingThe inaugural episode of The Reformed Deacon podcast: an interview about serving as a deacon at Shiloh OPC in Raleigh, NC.
Continue readingJohn Lorimer on the church's care for the poor.
Continue readingAn edited and newly typeset edition of John G. Lorimer's classic work on the office of deacon.
Continue readingJohn Lorimer on the various benefits of a biblically functioning diaconate.
Continue readingInterview from 1861 with a deacon who served the Free Church of Scotland for 18 years.
Continue readingA New Horizons article on the OPC's diaconal response to Hurricane Florence.
Continue readingA study of the biblical qualifications for the office of deacon from Acts 6 and 1 Timothy 3.
Continue readingJohn Lorimer on piety sustaining the deacon's work.
Continue readingA talk on books, articles, and other resources for deacons, given at an OPC Presbytery of the Southeast deacons conference.
Continue readingJohn Lorimer on the temptation to insincerity.
Continue readingJohn Lorimer on the qualities that mark a faithful deacon.
Continue readingA Presbycast podcast episode discussing the diaconate and reformeddeacon.com.
Continue readingJohn Lorimer on Christ's concern for physical needs.
Continue readingJohn Lorimer on how deacons support the minister.
Continue readingFrederick Herzog on the Dutch Reformed deacons' resistance during WWII.
Continue readingHow clever (or foolish) deacons made church bells from a bomb.
Continue readingR.C. Reed on the patient character of a good deacon.
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