The New Testament Deacon: The Church's Minister of Mercy / Paperback / Author: Alexander Strauch

The New Testament Deacon: The Church's Minister of Mercy / Paperback / Author: Alexander Strauch  ISBN: 9780936083070 / 0936083077   Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lewis & Roth Publishers; 1st Edition (October 1, 1992) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 191 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0936083077 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0936083070 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches     Our heartfelt burden is to help deacons get out of the boardroom and building-maintenance mentality and into the people-serving mentality. Deacons, as the New testament teaches and as some of the sixteenth-century reformers discovered, are to be involved in a compassionate ministry of caring for the poor and needy. The deacons' ministry, therefore, is one that no Christ-centered, New Testament church can afford to neglect. It's through the deacons' ministry that we make Christ's love a reality for many people. A ground-breaking study of all the biblical texts on the subject, The New Testament Deacon: Minister of Mercy will help you build a strong ministry in your church. This book and its companion work The New Testament Deacon Study Guide, are widely used materials for training and equipping deacons.