2009-09-17T15:28:09-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/deacon/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy%203:12&version=NIV 2009-09-17T15:28:09-05:00 Paul tells Timothy that anyone who wants to be a deacon must only have one wife and be able to handle managing his household. To Paul, these were prerequisites for being able to handle everything that a deacon would be responsible for. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy%203:8-10&version=NIV 2009-07-27T16:15:14-05:00 Paul sets high standards for those who serve in leadership roles in the church. Here, he lays out the moral requirements for the position of deacon in the church. Deacons must be righteous and blameless in their everyday lives.