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Acts 6:1–7 — ‘deaconing’
By Jeff | August 23, 2008
The apostles, who were busy teaching and praying for the thousands of new believers in Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, appoint seven exceptional men as deacons to manage a dispute over "equal treatment under the Torah" of needy Greek Jews and Hebrew Jews in the congregation.
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