Steve Stanley’s Reviews > The Church > Status Update

The use of the *diakonia* terminology points to the conclusion that the deacon serves not the bishop or elders, but the saints.

Church government is organized for service, not dominion. Church office serves both the Lord and his people. . . . Service, not power or prestige, is the purpose of church officers, as of all believers. . . . Church government is the rule of Christ’s kingdom of grace and sacrificial love.