Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Acts 6:1-7
by: Kristin Camenga.
The first deacons were called to right an injustice—the unequal distribution of food to the Hellenistic and Hebraic widows. They were asked to set up and carry out systems so that none went hungry. While this might seem a very practical or even “lowly” task compared to the preaching of the disciples, the requirements for these leaders were high: they had to be “full of the Spirit and of wisdom” (v. 3). What leaders has God raised up in your church community to enact justice? How do they embody these qualifications? How can you support them? May God work through us so that the Word of God spreads today!