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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 a
    12 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 the
    9 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 organized
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  • 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 administration
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  • 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 century
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  • 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 ordained
    66 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), without
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  • 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 June
    6 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 the
    37 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 November
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  • membership dwindled. In 1875 another division took place. Four ministers, three deacons, and several hundred members withdrew and at a conference at Bloomingdale
    36 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 increase
    14 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 deacons
    25 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 the
    4 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 as
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  • 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 wife
    6 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 Gemeinde
    27 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 1568
    7 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 be
    12 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-Carolina
    5 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 Franconia
    31 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 the
    4 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 1680
    12 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, especially
    19 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 ballot
    67 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. A
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  • 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. In
    16 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 number
    13 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 guilders
    6 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 1976
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  • which nonetheless died out around the turn of the century. In 1632 the deacons Balten Centen Schoenmaker and Michiel Michielsz signed the Dordrecht Confession
    21 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 them
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  • owes much, both spiritually and materially; many of its members served as deacons. In recent years the meetinghouse has also been used by Remonstrant and
    5 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 ministers
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  • 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 redistricting
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  • body (Lehrdienst or Kirchenkonvent), composed of elder, ministers, and deacons, was the governing body of the large congregation. In the matters pertaining
    15 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 Vollenhoven
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  • reported 11 congregations, 1,539 members, 5 bishops, 13 ministers, and 9 deacons; the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference, 1,728 members (counting the
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  • Hamm. The congregation was served by an elder, five preachers, and two deacons. The membership remained rather constant throughout the last century. In
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  • ordains ministers and deacons, administers baptism, serves communion, presides over membership meetings and meetings of ministers and deacons, and provides general
    24 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 membership
    9 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 to
    5 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 the
    3 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 which
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  • Creek, Ohio, numbered 61 members in 1958, with three ministers and two deacons. -- John S. Umble In 1988 there were congregations representing six different
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  • Conference had 12 congregations with 2,440 members, 7 bishops, 17 ministers, 6 deacons. Although occasional meetings of the ministers of the settlement had been
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  • The mem­bers live at Winterswijk and surrounding towns. Until 1786 the deacons, sometimes called directors, always two, were chosen from the married men
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  • 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 outstanding
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  • 1912), Johannes Dyck (1919), Ernst Dyck (1928), Heinrich Wall (1934); the deacons were Gustav Wiens (1923) and Gustav Schulz (1928). Jakob Jantzen died an
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