http://reformeddeacon.com/authors/christopher-hutchinson/ Recent content in Christopher Hutchinson on Readings in the Reformed Diaconate Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us http://reformeddeacon.com/the-gospel-and-the-deacon/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://reformeddeacon.com/the-gospel-and-the-deacon/ Excerpt It is the deacon who best demonstrates the mercy and service of Christ which the elders teach. It is the deacon who thus fills out the Gospel which the elders proclaim. It is the deacon who best reminds us that power in the Church is not to be like power in the world, because true power is first and foremost the power to serve. And thus it is the Gospel which compels us to ordain deacons in the Church so that Christ, our “table-server,” may be seen in all His fullness.