The Qualifications of Deacons (6): Their Family Situation

It is not enough that the deacon be a Spirit-filled believer who manifests God's grace in how he lives (being grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, I Timothy 3:8). These requirements are important, of course. If a man does not measure up to this standard, he may not be a deacon in God's church. But the standard requires still more. Also his wife must be godly! This requirement is set forth in I Timothy 3:11-12: "Even so must their wives be grave, not...