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Deacon Training

Palestine Baptist Association Highland Avenue Baptist Church November 1, 2014

Housekeeping

Restrooms Emergency exits Sections Five, 30-minute sessions 5-minute break between Instruction by discussion Lunch

Housekeeping

Sections About 10 – 15 minutes of set-up Followed by 15 - 20 minutes of discussion and question and answer Take notes Write down questions for discussion Be involved If we discuss situations of personal experience, please protect those involved and cover the situation in love and do not share outside.

Outcome of Training

Deacon strength Church strength Pastor strength Kingdom growth

Outcome of Training

Deacon Strength Important building block of the church Share experiences throughout Association Prepare for problems Encouragement

Outcome of Training

Church strength 6 of 16 PBA churches were without Pastors Measuring health Spiritual maturity Encouraging Physical needs

Outcome of Training

Pastor Encouragement Shared vision Communication Protection

Outcome of Training

Kingdom growth Examples in action Seeking the lost Supporting the community

Prayer

A Question of Qualifications

Acts 6:3 1 Timothy 3:8-13

A Question of Qualifications

Blameless Monogamous Vigilant Sober (thoughtful) Modest Hospitable Not given to wine Not greedy Not a brawler Not covetous Not a novice Not double-tongued

A Question of Qualifications

Ready to teach Patient Rules house well Of good report Grave (serious) Temperate (moderation) Not greedy Cherishes faith Study Pray Meditate Pure conscience

A Question of Qualifications

How many of you meet all of these qualifications? What are we looking for? Who determines if someone meets these qualifications? What about non-specific qualifications such as age, years saved, etc? What about apprenticeships? What about ordination?

A Question of Qualifications

What questions or experiences related to qualifications do you have?

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Servant-Leader or Savant-Slacker

Examples Servants Gospel proclaimers Church directed functions

Servant-Leader or Savant-Slacker

Examples Deacons should embody the character expected of all believers (1

• Thes. 1:7-8)

Sheep follow sheep

Servant-Leader or Savant-Slacker

Servants Benevolence Church (Who?) Community Pastor

Servant-Leader or Savant-Slacker

Gospel proclaimers Apt to teach Phillip and Stephen Examples of Commission Local Regional Worldwide

Servant-Leader or Savant-Slacker

Church-directed responsibilities Visiting “Business” responsibilities Other “constitutional” responsibilities

Servant-Leader or Savant-Slacker

How can you be an example without being a boaster? How are you in the world (connected), but not of it (contaminated)? What happens if you lose the respect of the flock? How should we implement benevolence? What are your pastor’s plans short and long-term?

Servant-Leader or Savant-Slacker

Are you or should you be an assigned teacher? What is your personal mission plan for the next 12 months? What have you done in the last 12 months?

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What doesn’t kill me makes me tired

I grew deeper in faith because I matured in my service because I grew deeper in love with God because

What doesn’t kill me makes me tired

I grew deeper in faith because Events that re-enforced the reality of scripture in life Events where re-assurance occurred after a tough decision Events where there were no answers

What doesn’t kill me makes me tired

I matured in my service because Hurdles you overcame Local, regional, national, or international mission activity Mentoring you have done

What doesn’t kill me makes me tired

I grew deeper in love with God because Events where it felt like it was only you and Him Events where nothing good was going to happen unless He intervened Answered prayers where God made Himself obvious to you

What doesn’t kill me makes me tired

Brethern, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Galatians 6:1 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2

What doesn’t kill me makes me tired

How did you / would you handle A man wearing a hat in the sanctuary? Beverages in the sanctuary? Mildly disruptive communications in the sanctuary? A person or family monopolizing the Pastor between services? Someone whose hygiene is disruptively offensive?

What doesn’t kill me makes me tired

How did you / would you handle A registered sex offender attending your church? A divorce within the church? Infidelity among church members? An allegation of a serious crime? Bribery?

What doesn’t kill me makes me tired

How did you / would you handle An allegation that a child was mistreated? A request to use you church for a same-sex marriage? A threat of a lawsuit? An outside speaker misusing the pulpit? A pastor dismissing members?

What doesn’t kill me makes me tired

How did you / would you handle Embezzlement by a church officer? Embezzlement by a church staff? Known instances of child abuse outside of the church? Arrests of several of your teens? “Service” animals?

What doesn’t kill me makes me tired

How did you / would you handle A mother harassing her adult daughter for impropriety? A pastor that you find out has a partner?

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What your Pastor wished…

As perfect as deacons are, occasionally we will not fulfill our Pastors expectations or we will say or do something (or not say nor do) something that causes him grief. I hoped to receive some ‘blind’ observations to share Are there any pastors here to share some ‘hypothetical’ situations

Questions, Discussion, Open Items

Questions you would like input from the group for Situations that didn’t seem to fit another category Needs Church Personal Closing Prayer & Table Blessing