Deacons
Deacons
The Form of Presbyterial Church Government of the Westminster Assembly (1645): church structure in presbyteries and synods, and the government of elders
THE scripture doth hold out deacons as distinct officers in the church.
Whose office is perpetual. To whose office it belongs not to preach the word, or administer the sacraments, but to take special care in distributing to the necessities of the poor.