JGR wrote: "I am not sure of the point you are making. If you make a list of
every requiement for a "deacon" and a "Bishop" it seems the list for deacon
is higher. JGR"

John, you said that you believed that every person who functions in a
specific ministry or service in the church is a deacon.  Do you believe that
every person who serves or functions in a specific ministry or service in a
church must meet the qualifications of deacon as the Bible outlines in 1Tim
3 and in Titus?

Carlo