Deacon

The elders along with the Pastor asked me to become a deacon. As one of the youngest leaders, I asked several questions. What are the criteria of becoming an effective deacon and how long is the training? He smiled and stated, “On the job training starts today”. The following week I attended classroom training, which covered and emphasized Spiritual Leadership. Criteria of being an effective deacon is a good reputation for righteous living, being filled with the Holy Spirit…

because it has all three of these traits. For example, the story was based on the true story of William deacon Brodie with the only true difference being there was no potion bringing out his inner monster. Instead, it was temptation. For the test of time Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde was written over a century…

mean usually I am the one who is ready first and I am the one trying to make everyone go faster. But that morning luckily we got to the stake center with time to spare. Everything went very smoothly. The next biggest event is when i got ordained a deacon when i was 12. I got interviewed by the bishop in his office. I thought it was only going to be my mom, dad, and my brother. But it turns out my aunts and uncles came…

times were different than what is currently experienced by society. One major change is the church structure. In the 17th century New England Colonies, churches had four administration roles, a pastor, a teacher, one or more ruling elders, and one deacon. Throughout the course of the next 100 years, the role of the teacher became virtually extinct. The roles of the pastor and teacher in the New England church system are outlined in the article “The Pastor and Teacher in New England”. The four…

Take Me to Church In Nathaniel’s Hawthorn’s short story, “Young Goodman Brown”, directs us that Hawthorn intended this to be an allegory. When pulling out and emphasizing on the main ideas, American religion and hypocrisy is pulled out. Behind this idea, curiosity plays a major role in Goodman’s actions which is followed by the effects and Goodman’s mental state. I believe this is an absolute perfect example of psychological explotation of paranoia that is exposed by the usage of symbolism,…

common for aiding the human race. Of this sort are our monks and priests who are largely pampered by doing nothing, excepting that they chant in the temples, for the sake of preventing weariness .” Below that were layers of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, and these classes of clergy were further divided into sub-categories of their own. Calvin wanted to do away with all this and, establish what would become known as the “Presbyterian Government”, modeled after how the New Testament Church…

Catholic Church and the Anglican Church have opposite views on the roles that women should be allowed to have in the Church. While the Catholic Church is strongly against women becoming ordained ministers, the Anglican Church allows women to become deacons, priests, and bishops. While these two religions branched from the same set of beliefs, their reasoning behind this decision…

the day-to-day decisions affecting the community. The advisory board consists of the colony manager, the farm manager and two or three witness brothers or deacons. The colony manager receives and pays bills, does the banking and is the business manager of the colony. The [many] activities of each colony are managed by witness brothers (deacons) or other brothers.” This shows that the Hutterites highly respect their minister as their leader of the governing body. Thus proving that the Hutterite…

The Loss of Faith and Innocence In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Young Goodman Brown,” he illustrates the duplicity of man’s mind and the struggles to understand truth. By the end of the dark story, the author does not articulate if Young Goodman Brown really took part in a heathen experience in the night described in the story or if it was all made up. Whether part of his imagination or real, the experiences of Brown changed his life forever. It changed everything he knew about faith, love…

Faith in Humanity Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Young Goodman Brown,” is about a man named Goodman Brown, whose faith and creeds are put to the test by evil, wickedness and corruption in the society. Goodman Brown, the man of faith loses his trust in humanity after he realizes that the world is surrounded by evil and every human being has a devil residing inside them. Hawthorne captures his reader’s interest by creating mystery and suspense in the story. Through his story, Hawthorne…