{"podcast":{"title":"The Rural Church Podcast 2.0","slug":"the-rural-church-podcast-2-0-5638980","podcast_index_feed_id":5638980,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/84732358/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://providencebaptistar.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/22121382/22121382-1750359370253-32767455bb6d6.jpg","author":"Allen S. Nelson IV","episode_count":206,"summary":"Pastor Allen S. Nelson IV, a Reformed Baptist Pastor in Arkansas discusses life, ministry, theology, and the gospel from a local church perspective. https://providencebaptistAR.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T18:20:35.133043+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rural-church-podcast-2-0-5638980"},"episode":{"title":"143: The Office of Deacon","slug":"143-the-office-of-deacon","published_at":"2026-02-04T09:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rural-church-podcast-2-0-5638980/143-the-office-of-deacon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rural-church-podcast-2-0-5638980","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-nelson2/episodes/143-The-Office-of-Deacon-e3e00fh","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/84732358/podcast/play/114343857/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-21%2Fba15d6ba-d4ef-64cf-04c0-03669dd70a82.mp3","summary":"The RCP is delighted to have Pastor Danny Thursby back on the show once again! This time to discuss the office of Deacon. Is it an office? What is its function? Why does it matter? This was a great discussion on church polity. Toward the end of the episode, Danny gave an update on his daughter Opal. You can pray for her and support her by checking out this link: http://givesendgo.com/opalsky","meta_description":"The RCP is delighted to have Pastor Danny Thursby back on the show once again! This time to discuss the office of Deacon. Is it an office? What is its fun…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4006,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rural-church-podcast-2-0-5638980/episodes/143-the-office-of-deacon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rural-church-podcast-2-0-5638980/143-the-office-of-deacon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}