Leadership Training (Session 8)

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Plan going forward…
Every Moment Holy - prayer time
Deacons - Deacons

The basic thesis of this book is that deacons—rightly understood and deployed—are an irreplaceable gift to Christ’s church. They are model servants who excel in being attentive and responsive to tangible needs in the life of the church. In what ways do they serve? By assisting the elders, guarding the ministry of the Word, organizing service, caring for the needy, preserving unity, mobilizing ministry, and more.

A church without biblical deacons may exhibit signs of health for a while, but over time its health will suffer. We rob ourselves of the benefits of God’s revealed wisdom when we either unduly elevate the role of deacons (say, to de facto elders) or unduly reduce their role (say, to glorified janitors).

Elders…Workers for Your Joy
Introduction Questions for Deacons:
When you read or hear the word deacon; what comes to mind?

Above all, Christian believers are those who walk in the footsteps of the ultimate deacon, the suffering servant who came “not to be deaconed but to deacon, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).

Set aside and formally, publically affirmed into this position. God officially carved out an official position within the local church called deacon. (Speaks to its importance).

shouldering practical tasks so that he can channel his energies to the ministry of the Word and to prayer.

Interact with this quote (Acts 6) what was at stake? What is at stake with us?

If you are an elder, and particularly if you are the primary preaching pastor in your church, internalize this: deacons wrongly deployed can halve your ministry, but deacons rightly deployed can double it. They can also build up the whole congregation—or not.

For better or for worse, deacons are difference-makers.

According to the way we are set up as FCC, what are the deacons responsible for?
write out what we
Do we know? How do we know if we are doing it well? (Not hey you guys, but we???)
Look through the bylaws into what we are called to do.
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