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Benjamin Merkle’s question-and-answer volume tackles the major questions that pastors, church leaders, and students ask about church government. Merkle clearly analyzes key passages, succinctly answers common questions, and provides questions for group discussion. The format makes it easy for readers to quickly find the answers to their most pertinent questions.

The only passage in Scripture that mentions the qualifications for deacons is 1 Timothy 3:8–13. Paul lists the qualifications for elders in both 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1, but he makes no mention of deacons in his letter to Titus. The similarities of the qualifications for deacons and elders/overseers are striking in 1 Timothy 3. Like an elder, a deacon must not be addicted to much wine (cf. 1 Tim. 3:3, “not a drunkard”), not greedy for dishonest
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