Selection of Deacons

We live in an age in which much of the church’s ministry is driven by a pragmatic criterion: if it works, do it! This approach in many places has affected these areas:

• How the church worships.
• Its outreach ministries.
• Its approach to its ministry to its youth.
• And much, much more.

When it comes to the diaconal office and ministry, this has resulted in a variety of excesses and abuses as it relates to God’s plan for this ministry.