{"id":35765,"date":"2024-05-24T09:10:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/church.abny.in\/?post_type=product&#038;p=35765"},"modified":"2024-07-09T11:03:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T11:03:01","slug":"deacons","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/church.abny.in\/hi\/resource\/deacons\/","title":{"rendered":"Deacons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-xyjmt-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-xyjmt-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col pb-9 text-sm\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-3\">\n<div class=\"px-4 py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 text-base mx-auto gap-3 md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem] group final-completion\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"62a4e86f-13bd-4a0c-915d-992dbb8a001f\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<h4><strong>Understanding the Role of Deacons in the Church<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Deacons are essential to a church\u2019s health\u2014yet confusion abounds regarding their biblical job description. What\u2019s their God-given role in a local congregation and how do they relate to the church\u2019s overall mission?<\/p>\n<p>In this short book, <a href=\"http:\/\/forthetruth.in\/author\/matt-smethurst\/\">Matt Smethurst<\/a> makes the case that deacons are model servants called to meet tangible needs, organize and mobilize acts of service, preserve the unity of the flock, and support the ministry of the elders. Clearing away common misconceptions, Smethurst offers practical guidance for deploying deacons and helping churches to flourish.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church, Matt Smethurst makes the case that deacons are model servants who rise to meet tangible needs in congregational life.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":35812,"template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[68,69],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35765","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-church","7":"product_cat-ministry","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple","14":"entry","15":"content-bg","16":"loop-entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/church.abny.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/35765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/church.abny.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/church.abny.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church.abny.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/church.abny.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church.abny.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=35765"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church.abny.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=35765"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church.abny.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=35765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}