Specific Deacon expectations responsibilities include the following:
- Be a resident, full member of Oakmont for at least one year, and at least 25 years old.
- Offer pastoral care and support to Oakmont members and families by serving on 1-2 deacon ministry teams based on one’s spiritual gifts, natural talents and abilities, a sense of calling by God, and a passion and interest for particular areas of service.
- Participate in a service of ordination and installation on during his or her regular worship hour.
- Participate in an orientation meeting in which a spiritual gifts inventory will be administered on or before the first Diaconate meeting.
- Attend and participate in Diaconate meetings (8-10 times per year) and Ministry Celebrations.
- Make home visits to all first-time guests on the Sundays in which one serves as a prayer partner.
- Serve communion on the first Sunday of each month and at other special worship services as assigned.
- Serve as spiritual leaders of our church, being men and women of spiritual maturity through prayer,
- Bible study, meditation, and worship.
- Be exemplary in one’s Christian living and witness, faithful in church attendance and in the life of the church, and committed to one of the founding, biblical principles of our church – tithing.
- Exhibit a loving, gracious, and mature spirit, promoting harmony and unity within our church family, dealing constructively with conflict.
- Offer visionary, “big picture” leadership, and guide the church family to that future where we can join God in His kingdom work.
- Act on certain business and employment interests of the church as prescribed in our by-laws, as well as serve as the corporate board of directors for Oakmont Baptist Church, Inc.