Birmingham, Alabama · Vol. I
The Brock Dispatch
Theology, machines, money, and the life of the church

Church Life · AI

The Deacon and the Machine

What diaconal work looks like when software handles the paperwork and the deacon is left with the people.

By Bryant Brock · October 14, 2026 · 1 min read

The office of deacon was created to solve an administrative problem. The apostles were spending their days on the daily distribution, and the Word was being neglected. Acts 6 hands the tables to seven men so the preaching can go on.

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