“filled with the Holy Spirit”
(Luke 1:15, 41, 67; Acts 2:4; 4:8, 31; 9:17; 13:9)

It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to ‘deacon’ tables…
But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to ‘deaconing’ the word.
- Acts 6:2,4

“The devil's next attack was the cleverest of the three. Having failed to overcome the church by either persecution or corruption, he now tried distraction. If he could preoccupy the apostles with social administration, which though essential was not their calling, they would neglect their God-given responsibilities to pray and to preach, and so leave the church without any defense against false doctrine.”
— John Stott

Pastor = service provider
Congregation = customers
Worship = product
Attendance = consumption

The church is a body (Eph 4:16; 1 Cor 12).

Every part contributes to the life and health of the whole.

The goal is mutual edification — “speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, Christ” (Eph 4:15).