(319) 364-6592 | 6621 C Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 |
Dr. Ray A. L. Coleman, Jr. - Senior Pastor
"THE REBUILDING PLACE" - Micah 7:11
Deacons & Deaconness
The Deacon ministry serves the needs of the congregation both spiritual and natural.
"But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith."
Acts 6:5-7
The Deaconness ministry is to care for and assist the needs of the overall congregation, the Pastor, while serving as spiritual mothers to their daughters in Christ.
"I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles." Romans 16:1-4