Deacons
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QUALIFICATIONS OF A DEACON
The office of deacon is an office for service to Christ through the church. These qualifications are found in the New Testament, Acts 6 and 1 Timothy 3.
Men to be considered to the Fellowship of Deacons at First Baptist Church, Dallas:
1. Shall be a member of the church in good standing;
2. Shall be at least thirty (30) years of age;
3. Shall be spirit filled;
4. Shall set a high standard of Christian living;
5. Shall be active and faithful in all major areas of church life;
6. Shall not be one to gossip;
7. Shall believe and practice tithing to the local church;
8. Shall have compassion for the lost and seek to win them to the Lord Jesus Christ;
9. Shall be the husband of one wife.
10. Shall believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God, inerrant and infallible in its original manuscript;
11. Shall believe in salvation by grace, through faith, on the basis of the substitutionary death of Christ for sinners;
12. Shall rule his children and his own house well;
13. Shall be able to keep in confidence those things which should not be discussed with others;
14. Shall recognize the God-given spiritual leadership that is incumbent upon the office of a pastor and seek to serve under that leadership;
15. Shall be a man of prayer.
Diakonos (Greek: Deacon)
Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money, holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless. Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. Let deacons be the husband of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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CONTACT THE DEACON OFFICE
214-969-7788;
Monday-Wednesday 9:30am-3pm
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2011 DEACON OFFICERS
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John Thomas, chair |
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Matthew Elias, vice-chair |
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Alan Hargrove, secretary |