Acts 6
Acts 6 continues the early church narrative of how they built community in the process of making disciples. The Hellenist widows were being neglected during “the daily distribution,” so the apostles delegated this task to other Spirit-led men in the community. Pastor Scott highlights in this message the goodness of a church sharing the load of caring for one another, in contrast with the folly of pastors shouldering all the tasks of the church, which is the trend in the modern, western church. Scott encourages us to think about the strength of a church when pastors, elders, and other “shepherds” of the church are able to devote more time to pray for you and minister to you and have the bandwidth to do so because the load of church care is being shared amongst the community.