Luke records that the early church in Jerusalem held everything in common: Believers sold property and land and gave proceeds to the apostles who distributed the funds as any had need (Acts 2:44–45; 4:32–37).
So did the early church practice something like communism? Dr. Darrell Bock joins me on today’s episode of What in the Word? to discuss.
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The Bible presents two offices (or formal positions) within the local church: elders (also called overseers and pastors) and deacons, which means “servants.” But what exactly are deacons? Who should serve as a church’s deacons? How are deacons meant to function? And why are they so very, very important to the health and mission of a church? Matt Smethurst joins us to discuss these matters and more.
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