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Distinguishing elders and deacons // Trusted Hands
Manage episode 468544818 series 2927168
There are two offices named in the New Testament. How do we distinguish between elders and deacons?
Qualifications for the offices of elders and deacons are described in 1 Timothy 3:1-13. There are five main similarities and three main differences.
You can watch a video of this talk and get more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website: https://fiec.org.uk/resources/distinguishing-elders-and-deacons.
This is the second talk of five from Trusted Hands: the post-conference event that followed the 2024 Leaders' Conference. It included five sessions with Brian Croft to help explore how to train and deploy volunteer leaders across the church.
About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC.
Follow FIEC on social media:
00:00 - Distinguishing elders and deacons
01:01 - Similarities between elders and deacons
08:19 - Differences between elders and deacons
20:50 - Q&A
219 episodes
Manage episode 468544818 series 2927168
There are two offices named in the New Testament. How do we distinguish between elders and deacons?
Qualifications for the offices of elders and deacons are described in 1 Timothy 3:1-13. There are five main similarities and three main differences.
You can watch a video of this talk and get more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website: https://fiec.org.uk/resources/distinguishing-elders-and-deacons.
This is the second talk of five from Trusted Hands: the post-conference event that followed the 2024 Leaders' Conference. It included five sessions with Brian Croft to help explore how to train and deploy volunteer leaders across the church.
About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC.
Follow FIEC on social media:
00:00 - Distinguishing elders and deacons
01:01 - Similarities between elders and deacons
08:19 - Differences between elders and deacons
20:50 - Q&A
219 episodes
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