{"id":3640,"date":"2023-12-05T21:28:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fbcgrke.org\/fbc\/?page_id=3640"},"modified":"2024-01-19T20:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T01:41:07","slug":"ministry-p3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fbcgrke.org\/fbc\/ministry\/ministry-p3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry (p3)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Deacon Ministry<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

This Ministry serves as advisors to the Pastor in the welfare of the Church; assists in serving the Lord\u2019s Supper and the ordinance of baptism; and provides leadership for other Church ministries. Deacons provide leadership and serve the Church family by visiting the sick, caring for members of the Church and the community.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each Deacon must have a rapport with God; be convicted, redeemed, spirit filled, and baptized by immersion. He must also be conversant with the Holy Bible and be a sincere worshipper with an active prayer life. The Deacon must set examples of Christian living.<\/span><\/p>\n

Procedure for becoming a member:<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

New members are selected by a committee of the Deacon Ministry and are voted upon by the Church. In addition to the Pastor, Deacons are the only ordained members of the Church.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deaconess Ministry<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

This Ministry assists the Pastor and Deacons in carrying out the spiritual ministries of the Church. These women proclaim the gospel to believers and non-believers while caring for Church members and others in the community by leading the Church in the achievement of its mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Deaconess provides for the spiritual and temporal needs of individuals; briefs and assists candidates for baptism; and prepare for the Lord\u2019s Supper. <\/span><\/p>\n

Procedure for becoming a member:<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

Women, who are redeemed, baptized by immersion, convicted, conversant with the Holy Bible, have a prayer life and are confident in matters of doctrine and personal faith with a high level of conduct may be considered for the office of Deaconess. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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    Deacon Ministry This Ministry serves as advisors to the Pastor in the welfare of the Church; assists in serving the Lord\u2019s Supper and the ordinance of baptism; and provides leadership for other Church ministries. Deacons provide leadership and serve the Church family by visiting the sick, caring for members of the Church and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4504,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3640","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbcgrke.org\/fbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbcgrke.org\/fbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbcgrke.org\/fbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbcgrke.org\/fbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbcgrke.org\/fbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3640"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/fbcgrke.org\/fbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4770,"href":"https:\/\/fbcgrke.org\/fbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3640\/revisions\/4770"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbcgrke.org\/fbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbcgrke.org\/fbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}