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The first, to my knowledge, married without having children of his own, but his wife had children she\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58913,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-you-think-committees-are-necessary-when-there-are-no-elders-or-deacons\/","url_meta":{"origin":50165,"position":2},"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! Thanks for the enlightening content on your site. I read the answer you gave to a question that was about creating committees to carry out tasks for a congregation. 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If this was merely grape juice, should we not ask prospective deacons how much grape juice they\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40540,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-scriptural-for-a-congregation-to-have-men-in-their-twenties-as-treasurers\/","url_meta":{"origin":50165,"position":4},"title":"Is it scriptural for a congregation to have men in their twenties as treasurers?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi there, Our congregation has just appointed two men in their mid-twenties as our treasurers. Is this scriptural? I always thought it should be older men. Our congregation also doesn't have elders or deacons. 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