Readings in the Reformed Diaconate

They Must Not Be Double-Tongued

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[The deacon] is in danger also, perhaps, of promising to the pastor, and not fulfilling. This is justly fatal to character and to usefulness. It prevents confidence and creates contempt.

— John Lorimer, The Deaconship

Strengthening Diaconal Ministry Through Presbytery Committees

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While denominational committees serve important functions, Christ hasn’t ordained these committees—he’s given us our offices and the governments of our own congregations. That’s our greatest calling. As committee members, there is an opportunity to serve and build up local churches and diaconates through Presbytery Diaconal Committees.

The Current State

Reformed churches are in an encouraging era. The OPC and sister denominations have a stronger emphasis on diaconates than has been true historically. There were periods when diaconates languished significantly, particularly in 19th century Scotland and the U.S. The opportunity now is to maintain this momentum and push it forward.

Letter to a New Deacon

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Serving Christ in the office of deacon can be one of the greatest joys in life. It is a calling to die to oneself and live to Christ.

Deacons get to love the LORD in heart, soul, and mind as they labor to free their elders for the work of preaching and praying, and they get to love their neighbor as they guard the sheep from the trials of poverty, loneliness and sickness. In a way, this is an office of the greatest commandments.

Dishonor to Protestant Christianity

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We can conceive few things more dishonourable to Protestant Christianity, or more fitted to impair its progress, than to be able to say, with apparent truth, that it is careless of the interests of poor—more careless than the men who make less pretension.

And, on the other hand, we can conceive few things more fitted to propitiate the good-will of the world, which, at all events, admires benevolence, than to be able, in a way which does not admit of cavil, to show that the same religious system which alone can provide for the welfare of eternity, is the most active and unwearied guardian of the poor man’s interest in time.

Qualifications for Deacons

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Acts 6: Background of the Diaconate

Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

Tender Heart

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It is only true piety which, during a long succession of years, will sustain the heart in tenderness to the poor amid trials and difficulties, and which will uphold the deacon in the unwearied, and sometimes unrequited care of the house of God.

— John Lorimer, The Deaconship

Character of a Deacon

Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Animated by the spirit of his office, and acting out the character which the counsels of the Word imply, [a deacon] will not be haughty, or harsh, or suspicions, he will not be cold, and formal, and repulsive, discharging his work as if it were a burden; he will be frank and easy in his intercourse with the poor and take an interest in their avocations, their health, and welfare; kind, and tender, and sympathising, especially when in sickness; but withal firm, and not easily persuaded to what his judgment does not approve. He will also have a deep conviction of the insufficiency of all his efforts to benefit the poor of his charge without the blessing of God, and hence he will not fail to seek the blessing in the exercise of diligent and persevering prayer for the Holy Spirit.

The Deacon Must Be Sincere

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A deacon, to be relieved from the annoyances sometimes connected with the discharge of his duties, is tempted to put the poor off with insincere words—to say one thing to one man, and an opposite to another.

He is in danger also, perhaps, of promising to the pastor, and not fulfilling.

This is justly fatal to character and to usefulness.

It prevents confidence and creates contempt.

The deacon, then, must be sincere.

Temporal Wants

Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Our blessed Lord does not, like some of his professed followers, make light of temporal wants.

— John Lorimer, The Deaconship (1842)

On the Benefits of a Well Functioning Diaconate to the Minister

Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000

He feels, that amid all his own difficulties and discouragements, he is not standing alone—that other are alive to his circumstances, and sympathise with him, and are forward to aid him—and that he can have their advice and cooperation in many matters, which are otherwise fitted to distract and to burden.

— John Lorimer, The Deaconship (1842)

Deacons and the Nazis

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When during World War II the Netherlands were occupied by Germans the deacons of the Dutch Reformed Church assumed the care for the politically persecuted, supplying food and providing secret refuge. Realizing what was happening, the Germans decreed that the elective office of deacon should be eliminated. The Reformed Synod on 17 July 1941 resolved: ‘Whoever touches the diaconate interferes with what Christ has ordained as the task of the church… Whoever lays hands on diakonia lays hands on worship!’ The Germans backed down.

The Graces of a Good Deacon

Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

To avoid friction between members, to promote happy pastorates, and to develope the grace of liberality, nothing is more important than a good deacon, one who can be patient, who can smile at unreasonable people, and speak a soft word to turn away wrath, one who is willing to give time and take trouble on himself, and make himself ‘all things to all men’.

— R.C. Reed, The Deacon (1903)

1 Timothy 3:8-13

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Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

A Presbyterian Approach to Mercy Ministry

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A Proposed Job Description for a Deacon

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A Training Program for Deacons

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Excerpt

Some Personal Questions for Those Men Considering the Office of Deacon

(Based on material in Acts 6:3 & 1 Timothy 3:8-13)

Do I regard myself as have a good testimony as a Christian, a Christian husband, a Christian father, a Christian church member, a Christian worker, and a Christian neighbor?

Do I manifest the marks of godliness that are an evidence of being “full of the Holy Spirit”? Is “reverence” a primary mark of my character?

About

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The Reformed churches have always held the office of deacon as essential to the life of the church. Following the pattern of Acts 6, our churches have sought “men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom” to serve the physical needs of the church so that elders can devote themselves to “prayer and the ministry of the word.”

Despite the priority placed on this office, relatively little has been written specifically on the office of deacon. As a deacon myself, I routinely wish to hear more from the wisdom of the ages on how to serve effectively in this calling.

Acts 6

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Full Text

Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”" And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

Are Deacons Members of the Session?

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ARP Form of Government: Deacons and the Diaconate

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5.1 The office of deacon as set forth in the Scriptures is ordinary and perpetual in the Church. The office of deacon is one of sympathy and service after the example of Christ.

5.2 To this office should be chosen individuals who are faithful and diligent Christians of good character, of honest repute, exemplary life, brotherly love, sympathetic nature, and sound judgment, who are qualified under the standards recorded in Scripture.

Balancing Sensitivity and Stewardship in Diaconal Assistance

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Biblical Qualifications for Elders and Deacons

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The same is true of deacons. A deacon should not be seeking dishonest gain. He should not seek to exalt himself among the flock of God by the office of deacon. He should not try to garner to himself power, control, or authority over others.

The deacon’s reputation should be above reproach. No one should be able to lay hold of him or assail him or reproach him because of his sins, whether in speech, conduct, or doctrine. Every Christian sins until the day he lays down this body of sin at death. Daily sins that are common to all men do not bring reproach and blame upon a person from others because they too are guilty of the same sins. A deacon, like an overseer, must have and maintain a good name. There should be no question as to his integrity or upright character.

Deacons and/or Trustees?

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God's Gift of Deacons

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Excerpt

It was not because the care of widows was unimportant that it was given to deacons. It was because ministry of mercy was so important that a new office was created. In and of itself, it would have been good for the apostles to show Christ’s love by serving tables and getting involved in the nitty-gritty of caring for widows. James, the Lord’s brother, who was in the Jerusalem church at this time, would write some years later, “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world” (Jas. 1:27). Do not think for a minute that the office of deacon is a lesser office. As George C. Fuller puts it, “To denigrate the high office of deacon is practical heresy” (“The High Calling of Deacon,” in Resources for Deacons, by Timothy J. Keller, p. 11).

Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People

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If your church does not take the time to develop a philosophy and policy document, your benevolence ministry will lack the compass it needs to keep moving in the right direction.

If You Are a Deacon

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If you are a deacon, therefore, the special calling of your office happens to be a reflection of one of the major themes of the Bible: our God has a special concern for the poor. This is not something revealed for the first time in New Testament church polity. Rather, the institution of the diaconate is the fulfillment of a long-standing record of God’s heart for the poor.

Justification of Ordained Office of Deacon Restricted to Qualified Males

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Notes on Ecclesiology: The Deacon's Office

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Chapter XIX: The Deacon’s Office

The communion of saints is implied in the very notion of an organized church having its polity and its ordinances of worship. But this communion is most impressively exhibited in two ordinances, both of which are emphatically denominated by the word communion, to wit: the Lord’s supper and contributions in money, or its equivalent. (Acts ii. 42-45; 1 Cor. x. 16; 2 Cor. viii. 4; Heb. xiii. 16 ; Rom. xv. 26, 27.) Both of these belong to the worship of God. No definition of worship can be framed which can be justly applied to the Lord’s supper, that will not apply also to these contributions. There is no more glorious act of worship described in the Bible than that in the last chapter of the First Book of the Chronicles.

Office of Diaconate in the Churches

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Excerpt

Since the Scriptures do not provide any other concrete revelation about the general task of the deacons, we conclude that the Word of God teaches that the mandate for the diaconate contains these ingredients as normative:

The office of deacon is a particularized and specialized expression of the office of all believers.

In their task and calling the deacons demonstrate, model, and teach the Saviour’s love for His own.

The primary objective of the particular duties and tasks of the deacons is to facilitate, promote and develop the communion of the saints.

The application of the diaconal mandate varies, depending on circumstances and need.

On Fasting, Death, and Joy: Reflections on My Upcoming Ordination

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OPC Book of Church Order: Deacons

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Those chosen to this office should be of great faith, exemplary lives, honest repute, brotherly love, warm sympathies, and sound judgment.

In order to facilitate the performance of the duties of their office the deacons of each particular church shall be constituted a board of deacons. The board shall choose its own officers from its membership.

The board shall oversee the ministry of mercy in the church and shall collect and disburse funds for the relief of the needy. Other forms of service for the church may also be committed to the deacons.

In the discharge of their duties the deacons shall be under the supervision and authority of the session. Accordingly, the board shall keep a record of its proceedings and of all funds and their distribution, and shall submit its records to the session once every three months, and at other times upon request of the session. If it seems to be for the best interest of the church, the session may require the board of deacons to reconsider any action, or may, if necessary, overrule it.

It is desirable that the session and the board of deacons meet together at regular intervals to confer on matters of common responsibility.

In a church in which there are no deacons, the duties of the office shall devolve upon the session.

From the The Committee on Christian Education of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (2015 edition).

PCA Book of Church Order: The Deacon

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Full Text

9-1. The office of deacon is set forth in the Scriptures as ordinary and perpetual in the Church. The office is one of sympathy and service, after the example of the Lord Jesus; it expresses also the communion of saints, especially in their helping one another in time of need.

9-2. It is the duty of the deacons to minister to those who are in need, to the sick, to the friendless, and to any who may be in distress. It is their duty also to develop the grace of liberality in the members of the church, to devise effective methods of collecting the gifts of the people, and to distribute these gifts among the objects to which they are contributed. They shall have the care of the property of the congregation, both real and personal, and shall keep in proper repair the church edifice and other buildings belonging to the congregation. In matters of special importance affecting the property of the church, they cannot take final action without the approval of the Session and consent of the congregation.

Pointers for Elders and Deacons, Part 1

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Pointers for Elders and Deacons, Part 2

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Pointers for Elders and Deacons, Part 3

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Principles for the Ministry of Mercy

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The deacons should encourage members of the church to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share in order to provide for those in want, especially those in the household of faith, such provision to include not only monetary gifts or tangible gifts in kind (i.e., food, clothing, and shelter), but also an appropriate ordering of their affairs so as to be able to volunteer their time and skills to bless and assist those in wan

Principles of Diaconal Ministry

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Promoting Happy Pastors

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Reforming the Diaconate, Part 1

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Reforming the Diaconate, Part 2

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Reforming the Diaconate, Part 3

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Excerpt

We have also found it necessary for our deacons to assist certain individuals and families in matters pertaining to budgets and financial planning. The extravagance and ill-discipline of our debt-laden generation have infected well-meaning Christians who need reform in this area of life. Boards of Deacons, due to the very nature of their work, must be models of good management in temporalities, including finances. When financial assistance must be given to “bail out” a family, this should also carry with it a willingness on the part of the beneficiary to receive counsel in bringing his or her finances in line with Biblical patterns of moderation and self-control. Deacons must, of course, show great discretion in this aspect of their work, but they must still exercise their official authority in this area if they are not to become welfare agencies akin to those managed by the State.

Report of the Committee on Women in Church Office

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Report of the Committee to Study the Principles of Diaconal Ministry

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Report of the Subcommittee Diaconal Ministries

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Report on the Diaconate

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Resources for Deacons: Love Expressed through Mercy Ministries

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Some Old Testament Roots and Their Continuing Significance

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The Lord never waited for extreme needs to develop before taking action. The detailed legislation shows how in many and various ways the poor and needy were constantly to be remembered and provided for. The extreme needs and hardships that did develop were due to disobedience to God’s law.

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The Biblical Foundation of the Diaconate

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The Deacon

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Excerpt

To avoid friction between members, to promote happy pastorates, and to develope the grace of liberality, nothing is more important than a good deacon, one who can be patient, who can smile at unreasonable people, and speak a soft word to turn away wrath, one who is willing to give time and take trouble on himself, and make himself “all things to all men” in order to promote the interests of his Master’s cause.

The Deacon: A Divine Right Office with Divine Uses

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As such, it is perpetual. A man may not take up the work and lay it down of his own volition. God has ordained his life to one of service to the church and only God can dismiss.

So long as elders are consumed with temporal matters, the congregation will be temporally minded. When the diaconate fundions as the temporal agents of the church freeing the elders for their spiritual calling and business, the church will grow in grace and the spiritual aptitude and piety of the congregation will rise to new heights.

The Deacon: The Biblical Roots and the Ministry of Mercy Today

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The Deacons

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The Deacons Handbook - A Manual of Stewardship

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The Deaconship

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No church is bound to elect men to an office, however important it may be, unless her Lord has given her men of suitable qualifications, and this is the case in very many of our smaller churches. A sufficient number of individuals cannot be obtained to fill the separate offices of elder and deacon; and in such cases it becomes necessary to have the duties of both offices discharged by the same individuals.

The deaconship: a treatise, with suggestions for its revival in the Church of Scotland

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He feels, that amid all his own difficulties and discouragements, he is not standing alone—that other are alive to his circumstances, and sympathise with him, and are forward to aid him—and that he can have their advice and cooperation in many matters, which are otherwise fitted to distract and to burden.

“Animated by the spirit of his ofﬁce, and acting out the character which the counsels of the Word imply, [a deacon] will not be haughty, or harsh, or suspicions, he will not be cold, and formal, and repulsive, discharging his work as if it were a burden; he will be frank and easy in his intercourse with the poor and take an interest in their avocations, their health, and welfare; kind, and tender, and sympathising, especially when in sickness; but withal ﬁrm, and not easily persuaded to what his judgment does not approve. He will also have a deep conviction of the insufﬁciency of all his efforts to beneﬁt the poor of his charge without the blessing of God, and hence he will not fail to seek the blessing in the exercise of diligent and persevering prayer for the Holy Spirit.”

The Diaconate: God's Office of Temporal Affairs

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The Gospel and the Deacon

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is the deacon who thus fills out the Gospel which the elders proclaim. It is the deacon who best reminds us that power in the Church is not to be like power in the world, because true power is first and foremost the power to serve. And thus it is the Gospel which compels us to ordain deacons in the Church so that Christ, our “table-server,” may be seen in all His fullness. We ordain deacons to office so that service is given its proper place of honor next to teaching. That Word and Deed may stand together. We ordain deacons because of the Gospel of Jesus Christ who came not to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.

The Gospel Work of the Diaconate: A Ministry Proportioned in Number

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Do not be come discouraged with little or slow results. Continue your labor. Be faithful in small things. Remember that you are not accountable for the timing of the harvest, but for the labor. When tempted to stop short, when uncertain how you can keep your heart and hand open to the needy, hear these words from R. A. Webb: “But when 1 see that the Lord Jesus identifies himself with them, then as long as I have any intered in Him, and any love for Him, they have claims upon my affections for His sake” (Webb, 113).

The Importance of the Office of Deacon

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More humble and less conspicuous their office may be than that of the elder; but it is not the less divinely warranted, nor is it unilluminated by the splendor of a glorious example. It is a striking fact that the Lord Jesus, in his sojourn on earth, did not occupy the outward seat of the ruler—he condescended to appear as a prisoner at the bar of the eldership of his own visible Church.

The Ministry of Mercy for Today, Part 1

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Excerpt

The Holy Spirit does not “create the creators of a new civilization” in a vacuum. They are born into the family of God, the redeemed humanity that knows and loves and seeks to do the will of the Father in all things. This new humanity, which is the spiritual body of which Jesus Christ is Head, must be disciplined by the Word, so that not only the Christian individual but also the collective life of the Christian community reflects the will of God. And to give expression to that life of God-centered and God-glorifying service she is to be guided by the ministers of mercy, the deacons, who according to the Scripture are among her permanent officers.

The New Testament Deacon

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The Office of Deacon

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We have finished all that we designed in this article; which was, to prove that by the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church, the Deacons are the proper officers to manage all the temporalities of the Church. We belong to the strict construction party. If the Constitution is wrong, let it be regularly and formally altered ; but do not let us sneer at, and trample upon any part of that instrument which we have vowed to support entire.

The Pastoral Wisdom of John Calvin

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The Spiritual Nature of the Office of Deacon

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Women in Office, Especially About "Deaconesses"

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Readings in the Reformed Diaconate

They Must Not Be Double-Tongued

Strengthening Diaconal Ministry Through Presbytery Committees

The Current State

Letter to a New Deacon

Dishonor to Protestant Christianity

Qualifications for Deacons

Acts 6: Background of the Diaconate

Tender Heart

Character of a Deacon

The Deacon Must Be Sincere

Temporal Wants

On the Benefits of a Well Functioning Diaconate to the Minister

Deacons and the Nazis

The Graces of a Good Deacon

1 Timothy 3:8-13

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A Presbyterian Approach to Mercy Ministry

A Proposed Job Description for a Deacon

A Training Program for Deacons

Excerpt

Some Personal Questions for Those Men Considering the Office of Deacon

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Acts 6

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Are Deacons Members of the Session?

ARP Form of Government: Deacons and the Diaconate

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Balancing Sensitivity and Stewardship in Diaconal Assistance

Biblical Qualifications for Elders and Deacons

Deacons and/or Trustees?

God's Gift of Deacons

Excerpt

Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People

If You Are a Deacon

Justification of Ordained Office of Deacon Restricted to Qualified Males

Notes on Ecclesiology: The Deacon's Office

Full Text

Office of Diaconate in the Churches

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On Fasting, Death, and Joy: Reflections on My Upcoming Ordination

OPC Book of Church Order: Deacons

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PCA Book of Church Order: The Deacon

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Pointers for Elders and Deacons, Part 1

Pointers for Elders and Deacons, Part 2

Pointers for Elders and Deacons, Part 3

Principles for the Ministry of Mercy

Principles of Diaconal Ministry

Promoting Happy Pastors

Reforming the Diaconate, Part 1

Reforming the Diaconate, Part 2

Reforming the Diaconate, Part 3

Excerpt

Report of the Committee on Women in Church Office

Report of the Committee to Study the Principles of Diaconal Ministry

Report of the Subcommittee Diaconal Ministries

Report on the Diaconate

Resources for Deacons: Love Expressed through Mercy Ministries

Some Old Testament Roots and Their Continuing Significance

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The Biblical Foundation of the Diaconate

The Deacon

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The Deacon: A Divine Right Office with Divine Uses

The Deacon: The Biblical Roots and the Ministry of Mercy Today

The Deacons

The Deacons Handbook - A Manual of Stewardship

The Deaconship

The deaconship: a treatise, with suggestions for its revival in the Church of Scotland

The Diaconate: God's Office of Temporal Affairs

The Gospel and the Deacon

The Gospel Work of the Diaconate: A Ministry Proportioned in Number

The Importance of the Office of Deacon

The Ministry of Mercy for Today, Part 1

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The New Testament Deacon