Matt Smethurst and Bob Lepine discuss the role of Deacons in the local church. During this 30-minute episode, Matt dismantles several misconceptions about how Deacons are to serve and how their role contrasts with that of the Elder. Matt Smethurst is the lead pastor of River City Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia; an editor at The Gospel Coalition; and author of Before You Share Your Faith: Five Ways to Be Evangelism Ready (2022), Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church (2021), Before You Open Your Bible: Nine Heart Postures for Approaching God’s Word (2019), and 1–2 Thessalonians: A 12-Week Study (2017). He and his wife, Maghan, have three children.“I would say that there are basically two ways to get deacons wrong… I think they can be summarized in two ditches we can easily fall into. One is to wrongly elevate deacons into the role of de facto elders, but the other is the wrongly reduce deacons or demote deacons to that of… glorified janitors.” - Matt Smethurst---River City Baptist Church in Richmond, VA: https://rivercityrichmond.orgGreat Commission Collective Website: https://gccollective.orgDebate between Ligon Duncan and Tim Keller on Women Deacons: https://presbycast.libsyn.com/bonus-duncan-keller-talk-deacons-deaconesses-2009Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches) by Matt Smethurst: https://www.amazon.com/Deacons-Strengthen-Building-Healthy-Churches/dp/1433571625Before You Share Your Faith: Five Ways to Be Evangelism Ready by Matt Smethurst: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09V4K8H84All Books by Matt Smethurst: https://www.amazon.com/Matt-Smethurst/e/B07QB6CFYK/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dskThe Plurality Principle by Dave Harvey: https://www.amazon.com/Plurality-Principle-Maintain-Leadership-Coalition-ebook/dp/B08W8HB9SF

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