Happy New Year Brethren, in this episode we will examine more about the function, and title of the term to be a 'deacon,' mainly drawing from the book of Acts of the Apostles. We will see how deacons serving widows was conditional on the basis that the widows had no nuclear or extended family and also how when Jesus told the Apostles to feed the multitude as the multitude had taken a journey away from their houses and possibly jobs that they - unlike the Apostles - could always return to. Thus, showing that there was a distinction between lay members, and ministers or deacons. This is greatly exemplified in the person of Stephen the first listed Martyr who was a preacher and full of wisdom, rather than a believer who only waited on tables and served other ministers constantly as opposed to by exception. Do we desire the call of the minister of  Christ?