who is a deacon; historicity of deaconship; N.T qualification of deacons; duties of a deacon; the deacon's personal life; the deacon as a person; the deacon as a servant; the deacon's reputation; the deacon's family; the deacon-pastor relationship; disagreement and effects on church leadership; building a partnership for excellence; commitment to partnership principles; the reward of a deacon; the intrinsic reward; reward in the temporal existence; eternal reward.