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- or 129 persons here. The congregation of Ghent had its own preachers and deacons, but no elder of its own. That they desperately wanted one is shown by a12 KB (1,821 words) - 13:18, 15 December 2018
- years the conference session was a gathering of bishops, ministers, and deacons. It was the practice to hold communion at the place of conference on the9 KB (1,200 words) - 13:08, 15 February 2022
- of 11,109 members, 78 congregations, 26 bishops, 109 ministers, and 96 deacons. The membership as reported in the 1958 Mennonite Yearbook was 65 organized2 KB (320 words) - 19:10, 11 March 2024
- district committee. The work of the deacons in the district was looked after by one of the 20 supervisors (opzieners) and deacons, who also had charge of the administration54 KB (7,514 words) - 11:39, 21 April 2017
- of hands for deacons, and by 1665 also for preachers and deacons. But that time the Lamists had also abolished the ordination of deacons. In the 19th century14 KB (2,175 words) - 18:34, 31 December 2018
- with a baptized membership of about 4,500, including 88 ministers and 62 deacons. The church had mission stations in Mexico and New Mexico with three ordained66 KB (4,242 words) - 14:54, 23 March 2021
- Frisian-Flemish schism in 1566-1567. About 1560 the elders, preachers, and deacons of four congregations (Leeuwarden, Dokkum, Franeker, and Harlingen), without13 KB (1,809 words) - 05:31, 1 October 2014
- quarrels ended in a schism, Samuel Apostool with some other preachers and deacons and about 500 of the 2,000 members separating from the main body on 22 June6 KB (913 words) - 17:25, 23 January 2014
- Peter Braun. Preachers to be chosen were first called as deacons. From the ranks of the deacons the preachers were then chosen in the second stage of the37 KB (5,194 words) - 16:04, 23 June 2020
- bishops; Moses Baer and Elmer Grove, ministers; Andrew Axt and Clarence Huber, deacons; with their followers, held their first separate church service on 22 November5 KB (415 words) - 21:28, 29 October 2019
- membership dwindled. In 1875 another division took place. Four ministers, three deacons, and several hundred members withdrew and at a conference at Bloomingdale36 KB (4,699 words) - 00:26, 21 April 2023
- serving the 15 congregations, besides 7 deacons, in 1915; but in 1951, 29 elders, 26 preachers, and 12 deacons served 18 congregations. Most of the increase14 KB (1,712 words) - 00:06, 16 January 2017
- board of deacons consisting of 12 members who were also members of the "Serving Council." The preachers could not belong to the board of deacons. The deacons25 KB (3,540 words) - 07:28, 16 January 2017
- the alms books of the Skippack and Franconia congregations, kept by the deacons since 1738 and 1767 respectively. Montgomery County was the home of the4 KB (489 words) - 18:51, 5 March 2021
- parts, Ladekopp became the Orloff Quarter. They had their own preachers and deacons, but the elder served all four quarters. The Naamlijst of 1743 names as9 KB (1,104 words) - 00:37, 31 July 2022
- bishops 7; ministers 29; deacons 13. The 1955 report listed the membership as being 4,386; bishops 12; ministers 36; deacons 16. J. D. Graber and wife6 KB (927 words) - 00:31, 16 January 2017
- further divided in 1869 when Friesen excommunicated two ministers and two deacons. These excommunicated men formed the nucleus of another Kleine Gemeinde27 KB (2,833 words) - 10:45, 12 November 2019
- poor, but the deacons, if they should have the gift of speaking, should also preach, while the preachers should be chosen from among the deacons. Thus by 15687 KB (1,192 words) - 11:10, 24 August 2013
- dienst" (elders) and "vermaners" (preachers) as well as "armendienaers" (deacons), but by 1581 it was usual for the elders and often the preachers to be12 KB (1,734 words) - 17:36, 12 July 2016
- ministerial body numbering 54 members (5 bishops, 32 ministers, and 18 deacons). In 1995 the South Atlantic Mennonite Conference was formed from the Georgia-Carolina5 KB (370 words) - 13:44, 21 April 2020
- ministers, 11 deacons, and 16 congregations, totaling about 500 members, or one fourth of the Franconia Conference. Of the 70 ministers and deacons in the Franconia31 KB (3,726 words) - 15:15, 28 July 2020
- been added, and three deacons. In 1879 at the time of the merger there were nine congregations, nine ministers, and six deacons. After Upper Milford the4 KB (538 words) - 07:52, 8 March 2014
- it, considering scholarly learning superfluous for a preacher. Then the deacons of the Amsterdam Lamist and Toren congregation passed a resolution in 168012 KB (1,680 words) - 20:05, 2 April 2019
- related mostly to the year by year problems which the bishops, preachers, and deacons faced, such as whether Mennonites ought to vote in political elections,20 KB (2,336 words) - 23:48, 12 May 2024
- Barclay reports that the Amsterdam congregation had a deaconess and three deacons, all about 60 years old. "She visited the sick and the feeble, especially19 KB (2,744 words) - 15:14, 9 January 2021
- discontinued) and was assisted by other ministers and by deacons. Ministers as well as deacons were elected from the ranks of the congregation by ballot67 KB (7,839 words) - 12:44, 23 September 2023
- the conference. Then there were testimonies from all the ministers and deacons. Following this the regular business of the conference was considered. A18 KB (1,694 words) - 19:12, 11 March 2024
- additional 50 members or fraction thereof. The church ordained four Indian deacons in 1913, and the first Indian minister was ordained on 30 April 1927. In16 KB (2,073 words) - 11:22, 24 February 2021
- Dutch language. There is a nearly complete list of elders, preachers, and deacons of the Leiden Waterlander congregation from 1613. Figures about the number13 KB (1,744 words) - 14:18, 17 December 2018
- there was also the Schirnmelpenninck family, many of whose members were deacons. The small congregation of Zwolle in 1672 contributed 414 Dutch guilders6 KB (748 words) - 20:47, 11 October 2014
- integral part. The youth organization, Women in Mission, and the Ministers and Deacons conference have played a vital role in the life of the Conference. In 197622 KB (782 words) - 20:20, 20 April 2024
- which nonetheless died out around the turn of the century. In 1632 the deacons Balten Centen Schoenmaker and Michiel Michielsz signed the Dordrecht Confession21 KB (2,996 words) - 00:58, 16 January 2017
- without compulsion or urging for the support of the needy." At the same time deacons (Brüder der Notdurft) were ordained. The Lord of Liechtenstein pursued them6 KB (794 words) - 00:00, 16 January 2017
- owes much, both spiritually and materially; many of its members served as deacons. In recent years the meetinghouse has also been used by Remonstrant and5 KB (655 words) - 17:08, 7 July 2021
- Moses Erb (the last two soon returned to their former loyalty) and Waterloo deacons William Hembling and Joseph S. Schneider. In the Markham district ministers8 KB (1,039 words) - 15:08, 25 January 2016
- ministers, and 8 deacons. By 1909 the reported membership had increased to 949, and in 1920 to 1,204 with 6 bishops, 30 ministers, and 16 deacons. The redistricting6 KB (896 words) - 08:49, 15 March 2014
- body (Lehrdienst or Kirchenkonvent), composed of elder, ministers, and deacons, was the governing body of the large congregation. In the matters pertaining15 KB (1,801 words) - 22:18, 10 June 2019
- Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Haarlem, served the church as deacons; viz., Lubbert Wolfertsz van Vollenhoven, deacon of the Flemish church from 1630, Anthony van Vollenhoven7 KB (1,163 words) - 05:07, 26 October 2014
- reported 11 congregations, 1,539 members, 5 bishops, 13 ministers, and 9 deacons; the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference, 1,728 members (counting the3 KB (432 words) - 14:15, 3 May 2024
- Hamm. The congregation was served by an elder, five preachers, and two deacons. The membership remained rather constant throughout the last century. In10 KB (1,127 words) - 00:35, 31 July 2022
- ordains ministers and deacons, administers baptism, serves communion, presides over membership meetings and meetings of ministers and deacons, and provides general24 KB (3,534 words) - 00:05, 16 January 2017
- extremely large, and consequently high demands were made upon the funds of the deacons; in 1695, for example, about 50 members, one fourth of the total membership9 KB (1,164 words) - 17:10, 6 July 2016
- Jacobsz signed the confession of Outerman. They may be supposed to have been deacons. In 1645 Cornelis Born was a preacher. This congregation, which seems to5 KB (766 words) - 00:27, 16 January 2017
- Stroink were leaders in the congregation, the latter three having been deacons for a number of years. Though incorporated in Germany and a member of the3 KB (525 words) - 00:28, 16 January 2017
- municipal government of Goes compelled the preachers, the precentor, and the deacons of the Mennonite Church to sign 12 articles (see Geuzenvragen), in which7 KB (1,008 words) - 00:26, 16 January 2017
- Creek, Ohio, numbered 61 members in 1958, with three ministers and two deacons. -- John S. Umble In 1988 there were congregations representing six different5 KB (678 words) - 19:22, 12 May 2014
- Conference had 12 congregations with 2,440 members, 7 bishops, 17 ministers, 6 deacons. Although occasional meetings of the ministers of the settlement had been3 KB (495 words) - 15:14, 27 July 2014
- The members live at Winterswijk and surrounding towns. Until 1786 the deacons, sometimes called directors, always two, were chosen from the married men6 KB (709 words) - 16:24, 17 November 2016
- 1912), Johannes Dyck (1919), Ernst Dyck (1928), Heinrich Wall (1934); the deacons were Gustav Wiens (1923) and Gustav Schulz (1928). Jakob Jantzen died an9 KB (1,063 words) - 15:58, 23 June 2020
- Conference he organized a number of congregations and ordained ministers and deacons in Alberta. He died in Vineland on 28 June 1954. He was one of the outstanding6 KB (769 words) - 06:36, 13 February 2014
- an agreement was made between the governors of the Oranjeappel and the deacons of the Amsterdam Mennonite congregation. Henceforth, the foundation of the2 KB (290 words) - 15:48, 20 January 2014
- did not feel at home and complained of the interference of the Middelburg deacons and the "big bosses" of the Amsterdam committee. The colonization was a3 KB (487 words) - 16:38, 14 June 2016
- the congregation had five ministers, four ministerial candidates, four deacons, in addition to the Elder Johann Martens. The majority of them had a secondary4 KB (501 words) - 21:34, 24 October 2020
- County, Ontario, about 1850, was the earliest resident minister. The first deacons were Daniel Lehman, Samuel Reesor, Henry Baer. See Hay; Stanley; Clemens;1 KB (209 words) - 11:44, 6 March 2021
- performed the function of administering the Lord's Supper but also ministers, deacons, and possibly lay members. Gradually the practice developed that elders41 KB (6,309 words) - 14:08, 31 December 2018
- comparatively large Anabaptist congregation in 1568 with preachers and deacons. After the Thirty Years' War the congregation was united with Gerolsheim6 KB (944 words) - 23:28, 15 January 2017
- Anabaptists in the selection of church officials (elders, bishops, preachers, deacons), and although the lot is not mentioned in any Mennonite confessions of6 KB (1,069 words) - 22:58, 15 January 2017
- Orlofferfelde), Otto Jochem (1941 Fürstenwerder), Reinhard Fast (1952 El Ombu); deacons, Johannes Wiebe (1933 Heubuden), Heinz Dyck (1952 El Ombu). The crops in3 KB (457 words) - 14:00, 23 August 2013
- enthusiastically co-operated with the Patriots. Pieter Bel and Pieter Houttuyn, both deacons of the Mennonite congregation in Hoorn, fled to Brussels in 1788 to escape7 KB (1,021 words) - 17:22, 23 January 2014
- Mennonite church officials, Funk a bishop, Kolb a preacher, and Meyer and Reiff deacons. Services were conducted exclusively in German for almost two centuries4 KB (399 words) - 12:28, 15 July 2020
- be ordained by the laying on of the elder's hands. To care for the poor, deacons should be chosen according to the example of the apostolic church; they9 KB (1,438 words) - 07:27, 16 January 2017
- been a deacon. Hamburg also had deaconesses, though on a voluntary, unorganized basis. The church council was composed of preachers and deacons. The most32 KB (4,839 words) - 20:50, 5 February 2024
- Eby, Daniel Brenneman, John Krupp, Daniel Wismer and John Bear) and three deacons, though new ministers began to be ordained within the year. The membership5 KB (763 words) - 13:11, 26 October 2019
- excommunicated two preachers, Abraham L. Friesen and Peter Friesen, and two deacons, Jacob Friesen and Klaas Friesen. There was a reconciliation on 6 May 186927 KB (3,871 words) - 18:54, 5 July 2023
- Baer, 1939-1947. In 1953 the bishop in charge was Curtis C. Cressman. The deacons who served here were Jacob Bock, John Cressman, David Bergey, Gilbert Bergey3 KB (484 words) - 22:04, 1 January 2017
- Jan van Son, Matthys Hermansz, and Aert Conincx, apparently preachers or deacons of the congregation), was unable to do anything for the oppressed Mennonites17 KB (2,338 words) - 07:32, 16 January 2017
- Jisp. Some members of this Mol family served as preachers, elders, and deacons in the 17th and 18th centuries. Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris2 KB (443 words) - 07:30, 16 January 2017
- from the usual pattern in that its annual conferences are attended by the deacons rather than the ministers, for the reason that its purpose is the financial2 KB (305 words) - 00:57, 16 January 2017
- originally from Fürstenland, Russia. One bishop, five other ministers, and two deacons emigrated from Russia prior to 1880 and were accepted as leaders by the7 KB (589 words) - 11:18, 24 February 2021
- the congregations. Elections and ordinations (for life) of ministers and deacons were his responsibility. The ministers continued to itinerate in the Manitoba10 KB (1,050 words) - 02:23, 29 August 2023
- in a slow tempo, the sermon, and the testimony of all the ministers and deacons present as to the soundness of the truth as delivered by the preacher of15 KB (2,070 words) - 16:03, 5 March 2021
- Mennonites, as were ten of the twenty-two ministers and one of the five deacons. Even then, however, some of the Amish Mennonites were unfriendly toward6 KB (896 words) - 11:22, 11 March 2024
- from a leading minister in charge with a council of other ministers and deacons to an executive committee composed of lay leaders and pastoral staff; it12 KB (1,407 words) - 02:31, 28 December 2023
- launched about five miles south of the Montezuma church. Four ministers, two deacons, and 148 members moved to the new congregation. In 1996 the Montezuma, Copeland7 KB (873 words) - 11:23, 15 March 2021
- received them kindly. In Alexovitz they had a Bruderhof (Beck, 393) with deacons (352) and preachers (352). The Swiss Brethren had their center in a suburb3 KB (416 words) - 23:20, 15 January 2017
- school in the church. In 1941 records show that they had a deacon on the Ministers and Deacons committee of the BC Conference. By all accounts the congregation8 KB (965 words) - 19:04, 27 February 2021
- Barbier of Emden and Michel Janszoon of Oisterhout, Brabant, served as deacons in the Danzig congregation. Apparently the only Anabaptist congregation47 KB (6,535 words) - 07:01, 16 January 2017
- less affected by change in the larger society. The Board of Ministers and Deacons found itself quite occupied in helping congregations move to the new system12 KB (1,189 words) - 15:33, 20 April 2020
- arose in the Dutch Mennonite congregation of Leeuwarden. Here in 1714 the deacons favoring immersion were in the majority. In 1715 a baptistery for immersion7 KB (1,077 words) - 23:20, 15 January 2017
- John C. Krehbiel, who died in 1886, was the last preacher, but one of the deacons, Henry Weber, conducted services by reading sermons for perhaps 10 years2 KB (384 words) - 12:22, 8 November 2022
- Among the members the de Waard family were numerous; many of them were deacons and Jacob Symons and his son Jan Jacobs de Waard, both farmers, were preachers3 KB (415 words) - 06:12, 26 October 2014
- Christian Brandt, Christian Naftzinger, Peter Blough, Solomon Zook, and deacons Jacob King and Jacob Troyer. By the 1840's the Oak Grove congregation had16 KB (1,864 words) - 15:01, 11 March 2024
- "albus" (Rembert, 509, note 3). The care of the poor was in charge of the deacons. In receiving members by baptism they acted with great caution. Scarcely10 KB (1,638 words) - 21:06, 13 April 2014
- the last three salaried. With them served 21 associate ministers and 15 deacons. Twenty-eight missionaries went to the foreign field by 1954. In 1954 the4 KB (457 words) - 07:39, 11 March 2014
- board of deacons of the First Mennonite Church, which took the lead in forming the new congregation, met in joint session with the board of deacons of the2 KB (350 words) - 21:39, 29 October 2019
- Hans Schanz of Gönnheim and Hans Jakob Schneider (of Friedelsheim?); the deacons were Christian Herschi and Hans Berber, the former for Friedelsheim, the12 KB (1,881 words) - 07:28, 16 January 2017
- of some rural congregation produced some displeasure on the part of the deacons. But he won their hearts by his frank acknowledgment that he had erred.13 KB (1,837 words) - 18:48, 28 July 2018
- Neustadtgödens was the Cremer (Kremer, Cramer, Kramer) family, many of whom were deacons and preachers in the local congregation. Neustadtgödens was the home of4 KB (573 words) - 07:33, 16 January 2017
- included Bishop Ronald Shantz, Ministers Glen Jantzi and Kevin Martin, and Deacons Wendell Glick and Ibra G. Martin. Countryside Mennonite Fellowship Church4 KB (464 words) - 15:03, 7 August 2017
- the winter months. Regularly ordained or licensed bishops, ministers, and deacons were considered members of conference and transacted the business of conference14 KB (1,289 words) - 15:48, 30 March 2024
- and David VanPelt, Ministers Elvin Neuenschwander and Ernest Steiner, and Deacons Clarence Eberly and David Steiner. Mennonite Church Directory 2014. Harrisonburg2 KB (323 words) - 06:43, 5 May 2015
- with the latter, the suspicion remained. A meeting of the ministers and deacons of the Lamist congregation became necessary. Before this meeting took place19 KB (2,942 words) - 14:21, 26 November 2018
- Harms, served an average congregation of 230, the membership being 210. The deacons assisting the pastor were George J. Rempel and Peter L. Classen. In 20081 KB (267 words) - 22:40, 8 November 2016
- the poverty that overtook the refugee Brethren in Augsburg by appointing deacons. These were Georg Schachner of Munich, Augustin Bader, and two who later4 KB (668 words) - 00:53, 16 January 2017
- Magenheim, Hans Ringer of Heidolsheim, Rudolf Egli of Künheim, and the deacons Ulrich Husser and Jakob Gachnauer of Ohnenheim, and Heinrich Frick of Künheim7 KB (1,130 words) - 07:30, 20 November 2016
- generation of leaders to assume responsibility. Having ordained 18 pastors and deacons, he took steps to call the first Tanzanian bishop. After his retirement3 KB (540 words) - 18:55, 23 May 2014
- of Bishop Daniel Iutzi, ministers Jacob R. Bender and Menno Kipfer, and deacons Dan Wagler and David Swartzentruber. The preaching switched from German4 KB (395 words) - 13:55, 2 May 2024
- his grandson Aernout van Lennep (1658-1728), a son of Jacob, were both deacons of the Amsterdam Mennonite Lamen-Toren congregation. Both were silk merchants4 KB (563 words) - 21:14, 13 April 2014
- ordained in 1871, and Daniel Honsberger (1835-1914), ordained in 1875. Early deacons were Christian Honsberger (1781-1831) and Philip Wismer (1810-1897). See1 KB (206 words) - 18:25, 5 March 2021
- the Lord's Supper, Christian doctrines, the election and installation of deacons, ministers, and elders, the marriage ceremony, excommunication, reception11 KB (1,513 words) - 23:08, 15 January 2017