The Bible teaches that deacons lead by serving—Acts 6. The qualifications for elders and deacons are the same regarding an individual’s character, but they differ in aptitude. The elders are to be able to teach while the deacons are to be able and proved as servants. Deacon Qualifications: 1 Timothy 3:8-12 Individual of dignity Above […]
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Elders, Deacons and others who serve
The Church & Eldership The term church comes from two words: kuriakon which means “dedicated to the Lord” which was used for the place of worship. ecclesia translated “assembly” literally “the called out ones” The idea is of people who have been called out of darkness into His wonderful light. It is applied to the […]
Elders Were in all the Churches that Paul Founded Acts 14:23 When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed. Elders in the Church at Jerusalem Acts 15:2 And when Paul and Barnabas had great dissension and debate with […]