The Deacon and His Work by James D.
Bales is 142 pages long. The focus of this work is on the qualifications and
the work of deacons.
The book is broken up into nine chapters most of them take
one or more of the qualifications and discusses what that qualification looks
like and what it means. There is also a chapter on “deaconesses” and whether or
not the church has an office of deaconesses as well as a chapter on how to go
about selecting deacons. This chapter has helpful suggestions and cautions for
those who are going to be appointing deacons.
I found
this work to be well written and balanced. The author takes time to define
words and to even give other views that are not his own.
This is
certainly well worth reading in fact I read this book years ago for one of the
classes I took at Sunset International Bible Institute and I just picked it up
again to reread it. If you’re interested in the subject of deacons this should
be one of the books you consult.
