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I'm thinking today specifically of a passage of scripture in Acts chapter 6,

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and it really is at the beginning of the book of Acts chapter 6. It is the place

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at which we find the biblical principle of recognizing ordained deacons. Deacons

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are the servants of the church, where the pastors are the sometimes the

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under-shepherd, I guess you could say. They represent the church when the church

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is not gathered, and so they are essentially the leader of the church, but

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it's a servant leadership position. So too, the deacons are the servants of the

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church, and so you could say that they are the leadership servant position in

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a sense. And really these are the only two positions in the church that are

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recognized in scripture. A lot of people may differ with me on that, but the

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bottom line is these disciples who didn't think it was wise, they step away

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from the ministering of the Word to serve in that capacity called deacons. The

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deacons then became the servants of the church so that the church could serve

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in the way that it should, and that the pastor and pastors could serve in the

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way that they should. We are so grateful to have new deacons at New Heights

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effective today that we would just love for you to pray with us and pray for the

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church during this new time. God bless you.