What Deacons Do The role of deacon in the New Testament is ambiguous. Therefore, we have no reason to believe that the usage of diakonia in Acts 6 is a technical usage, or that the ministry of the deacon is limited to administration.
Deacons appear to be under the authority of the elders.
This is evident from the fact that they are always mentioned after the elders, and also because the requirements for deacons are slightly less strict than for elders. Gender Deacons were both male and female. If Paul was concerned that deacons' wives be dignified so as to avoid reproaching deacons, it is unimaginable that he would not make the same point to the wives of elders. In addition, in Rom. The qualifications for deacons are very similar to those for elders, but omit certain requirements which are expected of elders.