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My church is small, so currently it only has one deacon (though the hope is for more). Generally, it uses Strauch's New Testament Deacon as a guideline for the deaconate.

Their concern is for the care of the church, with an emphasis on the physical needs of the members and the church. Some things they are charged with are: delegating the physical upkeep of the building, handling our benevolence funds, and reaching out to members in need to figure out what is needed and how the church can help.

In our church, they go through training with the pastor (working through Straub) and then spend some time doing some of the deacon functions as a time of testing. After a while, they are brought before the congregation for a vote to determine if they are going to be a deacon of our church. They do not have term lengths.

Deacons are under the authority of the elders.

There are a few things I disagree with in regards to my church's stance on deacons, but by and large I like what they do.

The Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy: Three Essential Books in One Volume https://www.amazon.com/dp/0891075615/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_PEVWQMD0KJNDFZ0NCEZ9

Schaeffer was a student of Van Til and his work is very enlightening

Speaking of 9Marks, Mark Dever's <em>The Church</em> is a great introductory book for seeing how reformed baptist church polity fits in to issues of leadership, the function of the church, and other ancillary issues. It's not an exhaustive, academic text, but it's a good one for people looking for a cohesive overview.

Knowing the Living God by Paul Washer is a workbook on the attributes of God. It covers more than that, and you can get a good idea from looking at the table of contents and preview pages on Amazon. It's excellent.

The Founder's Ministry posted above is gonna be the best option for modern English.

PuritanSoft also has an app for Android with the full text.

Solid Ground Christian Books is taking preorders for their really nice, leather-bound, original text LBCF. I have one from the last round and love it. It has the Catechism in the back, as well, which is nice.

I'd be more than happy to accept an apology if I felt you would stop bearing false witness against Protestants and stop misrepresenting the Reformation.

I highly suggest reading Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings, James R. Payton Jr.

When you finish let contact me and let me know what you think.

This book touches on those topics, although briefly. It's in a workbook format if that appeals to you. The content is excellent.

The Canon of Scripture is an in-depth study of how and when the decisions were made on which books to include in the Bible.

If you don't need to go as in-depth but would still like good information, Josh McDowell's "More Than A Carpenter" and "Evidence That Demands a Verdict" also touch on these subjects.

Feel free to send me a message anytime if I can answer anything.

In <em>The Baptist Story</em>, Michael Haykin describes how in 1644 Mark Lucar came from London and joined John Clarke and the Newport Baptists, and shortly after the group adopted immersion as the mode of believer's baptism. Perhaps if you dig around you could find the letters of Lucar or Clarke, or maybe the minutes of that congregation if we have them.

>he reputedly affirmed eternal justification

Here's a great work on Gill and Justification from Eternity.

You might be able to find it cheaper on another site.

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Interesting: The authors of the WCF held varying views on the cessation of gifts. While all, of course, affirmed the language in 1.1, some held views that would be consistent with Grudem, Piper et al continuationism today.

Source: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1556358059/