Deacons

In 1 Timothy 3:8-13, the Apostle Paul provided Timothy the qualifications for a deacon. A deacon is designated to serve with the overseers/bishops/elders of the church in a variety of ways.

Christians who have served well, meeting the qualifications listed below, gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.

Qualifications for Deacons:

- reverent

- not double-tongued

- not given to much wine

- not greedy for money

- holding the mystery (the deep truth) of the faith with a pure conscience

- must first be tested and found blameless (then let them serve as deacons)

- their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things

- the husbands of one wife

- must rule their children and their household well