http://reformeddeacon.com/authors/a.-g.-edwards/ Recent content in A. G. Edwards on Readings in the Reformed Diaconate Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us http://reformeddeacon.com/a-proposed-job-description-for-a-deacon/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://reformeddeacon.com/a-proposed-job-description-for-a-deacon/ Excerpt Within these frames of reference the Deacon is looked on as a man called and equipped by God to be a servant of the Lord in the church, whose gifts and calling are recognized by the congregation through his election, testing and ordination. He is a servant entrusted with the special responsibility of the handling of the temporal affairs of the church, including the administration of temporal relief