All Christians are called to be servants of Christ, and the servants of each other, in the church. But not all Christians are raised up to become deacons. All Christians minister to Christ and to the poor and needy in the local church; but not all are officially designated to this service by the church. I want to trace the roots and the development of this office this afternoon, to see the distinct difference in the function of the offices of elder and deacon. And I want also to go into the first of the qualifications for a man to become a deacon. I want us to see 1st of all – That the office of deacon grew out of a need to serve tables. Then 2nd – That the office of deacon grew out of a need to protect and relieve the overseers (the shepherds of Christ’s flock) from the kind of service that would hinder their preaching of the Word of God and prayers. And 3rd - I want you to better understand why those who are deacons must be reverent.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
