Next week we will resume our series on the parables of Jesus,s but today we come to a special moment in the life of the church as we call individuals to serve the body as deacons. We want to celebrate all that went into this moment as we re-visioned the role of deacons at Lake Ridge to better match their Biblical role and our 2020 vision to be a lighthouse for Christ at the corner of Clipper and Mariner.

Scripture Reference

Acts 6: 1-7

Complementary Passage: John 13: 3-15

Sermon Audio

Sermon Notes

• We Must Align Roles and Responsibilities Within the Church to Please God
  • Crisis in the Early Church (verse 1)
  • It wasn’t the Apostles’ role to fix the problem (verse 2), but they identified the solution (verse 3) so they could serve in their God-ordained role (verse 4)
  • The seven were congregationally selected, qualified, called, and ordained to serve
• Deacons Have a Special Role in the Local Church
  • The historic role of the deacon (Romans 16: 1, Philippians 1: 1)
  • The new vision for deacons at LRBC
  • Deacon selection (1 Timothy 3: 8-13) + introduction of candidates
  • Business meeting to vote on deacon candidates
• Amazing Things Can Happen for the Kingdom When We Get Our Roles Right
  • Explosive growth of God’s Kingdom (verse 7)
  • People saw the love of Christ in action
  • When we get our roles right, we proclaim Christ with both words AND actions