1 Case - Deacons Understanding Church Basics Pointing to Jesus as the

Pointing to Jesus as the ultimate model of good authority

The Challenge of the Historical-Critical Method

Smethurst offers practical guidance for deploying deacons and helping churches to flourish

and how people can avoid it

Wheeler suggests a 4-part process as a better alternative—cultivate godly ambition

1 Case - Deacons Understanding Church Basics Pointing to Jesus as the60 copies per case Matt Smethurst talks about his book Deacons Deacons are essential to a churchs healthyet confusion abounds regarding their biblical job description. Whats their God given role in a local congregation and how do they relate to the churchs overall mission? In this short book, Matt Smethurst makes the case that deacons are model servants called to meet tangible needs, organize and mobilize acts of service, preserve the unity of the