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Rev. Tim Eden, pastor at Bethel Lutheran Church in Bryan, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study 1 Timothy 3:8-16. Qualifications for deacons follow immediately after qualifications for overseers. Though the two lists share many similarities, deacons are not required to have the ability to teach. This may indicate that these two are separate offices in the church. Nonetheless, deacons play a vital role in Christian congregations in their service. They hold to the Christian faith with confidence and build up the household of God in which they serve. This household of God is His Church, built on the true confession of Christ crucified and risen. This central truth shapes the Church to be a pillar and buttress of the entire truth God speaks in His Word. In His Word, God reveals the mystery of who He is through His Son Jesus Christ, who was born, crucified, raised, and ascended for sinners. The Church proclaims this truth among the nations so that sinners will be brought to saving faith in Him. “The Word is