Assertion: deacon | /r/HasAspect | responsibility
Facets:
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: to the church
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to the community
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in some churches
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Although this is expected of all ranks of the deaconate, the Deacon in particular has a responsibility to teach the more junior ranks.
text: I have heard from the pulpit of my church that a deacon has the duties of counseling others within the church, as well as teaching.
text: We see that the deacons had the responsibility of meeting the needs of the people (their widows were neglected) and the pastors (it is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables).
text: In some churches, where the responsibility for the care and maintenance of the church property is not assigned to a building committee, the deacons have this responsibility.
text: A deacon has many responsibilities to the church and the community he serves.
text: Generally a deacon will have responsibility for a specific non-spiritual function (e.g. finance, building and grounds, benevolence); however, the deacons (like the rest of the congregation) are under the subjection of the elders, who have spiritual and administrative authority over the deacon's function.
text: The elders are not to be dictators, however, and deacons have the right and responsibility to evaluate the suggestions of the elders and give input.