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Books & Reports about Deacons, the Diaconate & Servant Ministry

Books are listed alphabetically by author.
Book Reviews of some titles are available here.
Written by Laity, Priests and Bishops
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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