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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
- 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
- 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