Assertion: deacon | /r/HasProperty | chosen
Facets:
value: from the members of the congregation
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Although they are "servants" and their ministry is a ministry of service, the fact that they have been chosen demonstrates they are respected by the brethren.
text: The deacons of a church are chosen from the members of the congregation, and they form an advisory board.
text: If so, deacons are only chosen if there is a pressing need (6:1), dictated by the apostolic office (not elders 6:2), chosen only by the assembly (6:5), only for the task of “serving tables (6:2), based on having a good reputation, the Holy Spirit, and wisdom (6:3) and no further examination needed (6:6).
text: As the early church grows and pressing daily needs threaten to overwhelm the elders, deacons are chosen that they might address the daily needs of the believers.
text: When a deacon is to be ordained, he is chosen after the fashion of those things said above, the bishop alone in like manner imposing his hands upon him as we have prescribed.