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Deacons are essential to church health—yet there is no clear consensus about their biblical job description. In Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church, Matt Smethurst makes the case that they are model servants called to meet tangible needs, organize and mobilize service, preserve the unity of the flock, support the ministry of the elders, and further the mission of the church. Relying...

Why is this significant? Just consider what it reveals. It shows that, above all else, a deacon must simply be a faithful Christian. Theologian D. A. Carson has noted that what’s most extraordinary about the qualifications for elders (1 Tim. 3:1–7; Titus 1:6–9) is just how ordinary they are. The same observation applies to the qualifications for deacons—only more so, since a deacon need not be “able to teach” like an elder (1 Tim. 3:2). The standards in 1 Timothy 3:8–13 sound a nonnegotiable note:
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