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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...

and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. What’s the significance of this list? Why did Luke bother to record these names? Likely because they are all Greek names! This is remarkable. You can almost envision the headline: “Majority-Hebrew Congregation Chooses Seven Hellenist Leaders.” The very minorities feeling the sting of unfair food distribution are the ones given a voice, tasked and empowered to make decisions on behalf of the whole
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