Podcasts about acts 6:1-7

David Toscano explores the mission of God and how we can enact the Good News of the Gospel in serving and meeting the needs of others.

Eastern Hills Baptist Church

Given at St. Anselm's Abbey by Fr. Samuel Springuel on May 10, 2020.

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The word of God spreads when His people are teamed up in the service of God

John Hayward

Acts 6:1-7

Rev. Dr. Catharine Guest preached on It Takes More Than A Few based on scriptures Exodus 18:1, 9-27 and Acts 6:1-7

 “Dispersion,” scattering, is a bittersweet theme. On the one hand, the Creator authorized his animate creatures and humanity, their rulers, to “fill the earth”—very good. 

The Lord gives to his church “mercy servants,” whose deeds of compassion complement the gospel witness of his “Word servants.”

The seven servants were qualified to care for widows’ material needs because Christ’s church discerned that they were “full of the Spirit and wisdom.”  

A sermon by Rev. Dr. Chris Miller on the role of elders and deacons in the church, as servants of Christ, and examples of Christ's ministry to us.

The apostles’ response to the need of Greek-speaking widows in the Jerusalem church shows two truths that define how ministry must be done in Christ’s church.

Not only does the Lord love to lavish his grace to multitudes of people, to see them multiply to become a countless choir to sing his praise (as we saw in the first meditation on Acts 6:1-7); but he also delights in diversity—different kinds of people, speaking different languages and practicing different customs. 

The Jerusalem church’s appointment of seven servants to care for widows is a pivotal event in the spread of Christ’s gospel after the Holy Spirit’s descent at Pentecost.