The Election and Installation of Deacons (1): Biblical Principles

We have answered the question of who may hold the office of deacon, by examining God's requirements for deacons inActs 6 and I Timothy 3. The next question which needs answering is, how are such men to be chosen for and put into office? The practice which Reformed churches often follow in choosing deacons is that the council presents a nomination of several men to the congregation, from which the congregation elects half of those nominated. In this connection, we wonder: why this procedure?...