Books about Deacons, the Diaconate & Servant Ministry

Written by Laity, Priests and Bishops

Alphabetical by author

​The Diaconate, a Full and Equal Order
By James Barnett, priest. 1995, Amazon

The Servant Church, Diaconal Ministry and the Episcopal Church
By John E Booty, priest. 1982, Amazon

Being a Deacon Today: Exploring a Distinctive Ministry in the Church and in the World
By Rosalind Brown, priest. 2005, Amazon

Deacons and the Church: Making connections between old and new
By John N. Collins, laity. 2002, Amazon

Diakonia Studies: Critical Issues in Ministry
By John N. Collins, laity. 2017, Amazon

The Deacon's Ministry of the Word by Jay Cormier, Liturgical Press

Diakonia as Christian Social Practice
Edited by Stephanie Dietrich et al, Amazon

The Meaning and Nature of Diakonia
By Paulos Mai Gregorios, Orthodox Bishop. 1988, Amazon

The Character of the Deacon by James Keating, Amazon

Called to Serve, The United Methodist Diaconate
By Rosemary Skinner Keller, Methodist Deacon (and others) 1987, Amazon

Blue Sky and a Buick, the Journey of Mary Christiana Hettler
By Karen Wilkes, lay, about Episcopal Deaconess. 2012, Amazon

Inferior Office?  by Francis Young, 2015, Amazon

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