Didache Chapter 15: Appointing Bishops and Deacons

About this episode

This episode discusses the qualifications and responsibilities of church leaders as outlined in Didache chapter 15.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we move into Didache chapter 15 and wrestle with one of the most uncomfortable questions in the life of the church: who should actually lead, and why. This is a conversation about bishops, deacons, prophets, teachers, authority, humility, and the terrifying weight of being trusted to shape other people’s faith. We talk through the Didache’s call to appoint leaders who are meek, honest, proven, and not lovers of money, and we contrast that with the modern chur...

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Host: Logic of God

Topics covered

• leadership
• church authority
• humility
• faith shaping
• Didache
• bishops and deacons

Keywords

• Didache
• bishops
• deacons
• church leadership
• authority
• humility
• faith

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Books & works: Didache

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