by Deaconess Community | Sep 20, 2018 | History
Baltimore Baltimore In 1889, just five years after the arrival of the Philadelphia sisters, the General Synod of the Lutheran Church (USA) created a Board of Deaconess Work, designating deaconesses as persons holding an “office of the church”. They opened a...
by Deaconess Community | Sep 19, 2018 | History
Philadelphia Philadelphia Before the summer of 1884, John Lankenau’s friend and fellow hospital board member, the German Consul in Philadelphia, Charles H. Meyer, traveled to Germany to inquire about the availability of deaconesses from Kaiserwerth motherhouse and...
by Deaconess Community | Sep 19, 2018 | History
Germany Germany In 1836, in Germany Pastor Theodor Fliedner and his wife Friedericke Műnster, using the story of New Testament Phoebe (Romans 16:1), the example of Mennonite deaconesses in Holland, the work of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and the...
by Deaconess Community | Sep 18, 2018 | About Us (for who we are), Values, Vision
Mission, Vision, Principles Mission, Vision, Principles Our Mission For the sake of the Gospel and all of God’s creation, the Deaconess Community of the ELCA fosters intentional community, diaconal leadership development, and dynamic partnerships within the...
by Deaconess Community | Sep 12, 2018 | Mission Grants (for mission grant page)
How To Apply for Mission Grants How To Apply for Mission Grants Our Mission Support Committee invites you to enter into a covenant relationship with the Deaconess Community to work on mission projects. Your organization must have a 501(c)(3) number (USA) or be a...
Recent Comments