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- 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
- 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) - 14:27, 6 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
- 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
- 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