← All readings

The Diaconate: God's Office of Temporal Affairs

C. Nick Willborn · Confessing our Hope: Essays in Honor of Morton Howison Smith on His Eightieth Birthday. Southern Presbyterian Press (1995).

Theology of the OfficeChurch Order

Summary

C. Nick Willborn, a PCA pastor and church historian, contributed this essay to a 1995 volume honoring Morton H. Smith, longtime professor at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. The title carries the thesis: the diaconate is the office God appointed to handle the temporal affairs of the church.

Where to read it

Related readings

Browse by Topic · Browse by Author

Feedback, questions, or recommended resources?

About

More from Tim Hopper: readmachen.com · reformedconfessions.com · ulsterworldly.com

Maintained since 2015 · last updated 2026

Copyright © 2026

Header photo of Second Presbyterian Church in Charleston, South Carolina.