The Election and Installation of Deacons (5): The Installation Ceremony

After the deacons have been nominated and elected to office, it is necessary and fitting that they be installed into office in a ceremony during the worship service. Our Church Order, on the basis of Scripture, requires such a ceremony. Article 22 says of elders and deacons: "that they may … be installed with public prayers and stipulations … agreeably to the form for this purpose." According to Acts 6, the first deacons were installed in a church ceremony. The congregation, having chosen...