Church as Family 4 - Deacons

Deacons are to Elders what Wives are to Husbands: brilliant administrators called and designed by God to free their spiritual “heads” to focus on the big picture. These equal-but-different roles we see in God’s family design (both natural and spiritual) are really just parallels to God’s own identity, wherein Jesus is equal-but-submissive to the Godhead. This message summarizes the story in Scriptures where many Bible teachers trace the origin of “diaconal ministry,” and then surveys the qualifications of Deacons outlined in 1 Timothy 3.