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Welcome

The Association for Episcopal Deacons is a membership association of deacons and deacon supporters. We provide resources, community, and lifelong learning for deacons and those in diaconal formation.

​Your membership will help us continue this work!

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Meet the candidates in AED's upcoming Board election!

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We're looking for volunteer writers
Write about your ministry experiences, reflect on your formation, review a book, describe service on the margins... or other topics. Add your voice! Contact us.

​Books and Sermons by deacons
Deacons included in Episcopal, ELCA clergy exchange 
Learn more.
​Deacon Videos - Interviews with deacons on their call and ministry. 
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CALL online courses details and schedule
​Need a gift for a new deacon? Consider an AED gift membership.

Deacon Compensation - These dioceses have ​passed a convention resolution which includes remuneration for deacons, allowing for participation in the Church Pension Fund.  Details.
Mentoring Deacons
Sundays, September 6, 2026-October 4, 2026 
5 pm EST,  Zoom
A course, taught by Deacon Geraldine Swanson. Details and registration.

Report and Update from the Presiding Bishops Deacon Working Group, part of the efforts of deacons to encourage the passage of Resolution D023, adopted by General Convention in 2024, asking the Episcopal Church to fund the work of deacons and the Association for Episcopal Deacons. 

Financial assistance for deacons in need, from ​The Fund for the Diaconate.
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Deacon Jac Essing joins the World Student Christian Federation-US 2026-27 Student Leadership Team. "I’m currently a joint-degree student, Master of Divinity at Yale Divinity School and Master of Social Work at University of Connecticut. I care deeply about working with individuals and communities to reflect on their values and faith, put them into practice, and seek to make live their vision of justice, mercy, kindness, and love."
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Deacon Chris Beukman with his wife Lucy volunteered in April as Anglican Chaplains at the historic Church of St Felix, Santiago de Compostela.
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Deacon Gene Bourquin with his husband at the Pride Parade in Chiang Mai, Thailand!
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Thank you to AED's members, donors, and supporting dioceses! 
AED is the leading membership organization for Episcopal deacons and supporters. We offer resources, lifelong learning, publications, and fellowship for deacons and those in vocational deacon formation.

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  • Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • History >
      • Historic Diaconate
    • Board & Staff >
      • Election
    • Join - AED Membership
    • Donate
    • Young Deacons
  • Publications
    • Diakoneo Magazine
    • Deacon Update enewsletter
    • Books >
      • By Deacons
      • By laity, priests, bishops
      • Book Reviews
    • Sermons by Deacons
    • Papers & Documents
    • Blogs & Social Media
  • Events
    • A3D Conference
    • Triennial Conferences
    • General Convention
    • International and Ecumenical
  • Resources
    • Resources Outline
    • Deacon Competencies
    • Discernment
    • Formation
    • Diakonia & Deacon Supervision >
      • Supervision & Managmt
      • Deacon Compensation
      • CPG
    • Practical Training >
      • Lifelong Learning
      • Liturgy
    • Deacon Videos
    • Deacon's Cross graphics
    • Ormonde Plater Archive
  • Links
  • Gifts
  • Contact