The Congregation’s Support of Her Diaconate (2) Principles of Giving

The calling to support her deacons comes to the congregation as a whole, excluding no individual member. Demonstrating this point from Scripture in our last article, we drew attention particularly to I Corinthians 16:1-2 and to II Corinthians 8 and II Corinthians 9. From the same passages of Scripture we take instruction regarding how the congregation must support her deacons. Of course, in one word, the congregation supports her deacons by giving. She gives her gifts of time, energy, and...