Servants of the Church<\/a> for details about what deacons are, the duties they perform, and their qualifications.<\/p>\nThe command, “Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households<\/em>” (I Timothy 3:12), leaves no room for alterations. A deacon\u00a0must be<\/strong> a husband and have children that he is raising well. This doesn’t mean you can’t do service for the church, but you cannot hold a position of deacon representing the church since you are not yet qualified.<\/p>\n\tResponse:<\/h2>\n
Bro. Jeffrey,<\/p>\n
Thank you so much for the enlightenment and encouragement. It is prayed and hoped for the Lord’s church’s growth and benevolence.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Good day, Bro. Jeffrey, I write this email in order to seek a mature answer and guidance from a well-rounded spiritual leader. Our local church here wants to appoint deacons since we don’t have formally appointed ones. We already studied the apostle Paul’s teachings on appointing deacons based on I Timothy 3:8-12 for many…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[1568],"class_list":["post-43615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-deacons"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58913,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-you-think-committees-are-necessary-when-there-are-no-elders-or-deacons\/","url_meta":{"origin":43615,"position":0},"title":"Do you think committees are necessary when there are no elders or deacons?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi! 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