BIBLICAL QUALIFICATIONS
GOOD REPUTATION (ACTS 6)
NOT PURSUING DISHONEST GAIN (1 TIM 3:8)
FULL OF SPIRIT (ACTS 6:3)
HOLDING THE DEEP TRUTHS OF THE FAITH (1 TIM 3:9)
FULL OF WISDOM (ACTS 6:3)
TESTED (1 TIM 3:10)
FULL OF FAITH (ACTS 6:5)
BEYOND REPROACH (1 TIM 3:10)
WORTHY OF RESPECT (1 TIM 3:8)
HUSBAND OF ONLY ONE WIFE (1 TIM 3:12)
SINCERE (1 TIM 3:8)
MANAGING HIS CHILDREN AND HOUSEHOLD WELL (1 TIM 3:8)
NOT INDULGING IN MUCH WINE (1 TIM 3:8)
GREAT BOLDNESS IN THE FAITH (1 TIM 3:13)
IN ADDITION TO THESE QUALIFICATIONS, DEACONS SHOULD SUPPORT THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH, BE ACTIVE IN WORSHIP, SERVE IN MINISTRY, AND FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE CHURCH. DEACON NOMINEES MUST HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GRAHAM FOR A MINIMUM OF ONE YEAR. A MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GRAHAM MAY NOMINATE MALES AGES 25 OR OLDER TO FILL THE POSITION OF DEACON, KEEPING IN MIND THE QUALIFICATIONS NOTED ABOVE.