Property is another area that we have talked about. We infer the deacons being the ones in charge of the things associated with the temporal life of the church. We know that the building is included in that. Things that the church owns is to be overseen by someone who is not devoted to the ministry of the Word and to prayer, and we know that is the diaconate.1
Nathan Eshelman
1 En ce temps-là, le nombre des disciples augmentant, les Hellénistes murmurèrent contre les Hébreux, parce que leurs veuves étaient négligées dans la distribution qui se faisait chaque jour.