Papers and Reports on the Diaconate & Servant MinistryMaterials are listed chronologically, with most recent first.
To submit materials contact us. The Diaconate: Seeking an Ecumenical Consensus
by Deacon Canon D. Michael Jackson Presented at DOTAC Series, May 2021. Read. The shape of things to come, 2020
By David Clark, British Methodist Diaconal Order Argues that the world is facing a unique set of global challenges and that if we do not address them, humankind may eventually self-destruct. Read. Lutheran Diaconate: Report and Recommendations of the Entrance Rite Discernment Group, 2020. Read.
The Issue of Sequential and Cumulative Ordination, Oct. 2020. Read. Responses to this paper here.
The Deacon in the Worshipping Community, 2018. Read Towards a Renewed Diaconate, Nov. 2019. Read Three papers by Deacon Canon D. Michael Jackson Called to Transformative Action: Ecumenical Diakonia, April 2018. Read. Use the Study Guide.
Exodus from Privilege: Reflections on the Diaconate in Acts
By The Rt. Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal Looks at the transitional diaconate conundrum, saying that the transitional diaconate expires upon priesting. Published in The Anglican Theological Review, 2013. Shared with permission. Read/Download. Prophetic Diakonia: For the healing of the world
Johannesburg, South Africa The Lutheran World Federation, Nov. 2002 Read. Diaconate as an Ecumenical Opportunity
The Hanover Report of the Anglican-Lutheran International Commission. Anglican Communion Publications. 1996 Read. |