Many servants : an introduction to deacons

Notes: "Revised edition".; "[By] Ormonde Plater".; Includes bibliographical references and index.; Includes "A Select Bibliography", pp. 211-212.; "In this newly updated and revised introduction to the permanent diaconate, Ormonde Plater includes a history of deacons in the early church, a survey of deacons in the early church, a survey of deacons from the Reformation to the present, stories of modern diaconal ministries, including firsthand accounts, and a discussion of the formation, training, and deployment of deacons. A basic, essential text for discernment committees and commissions on ministry, and a comprehensive look at a vital ministry in the church today". -- back cover.; Contents: Preface to the Revised Edition -- Introduction -- Origins -- The Early Church -- Episcopal Church: Early Deacons -- Episcopal Church: Contemporary Deacons -- Other Churches -- The Finding, Nurture and Care of Deacons -- The Ordination of Deacons -- Deacons and Their Stories -- Paschal Deacons in a Paschal Church -- Appendix A: Historic Documents -- Appendix B: Calendar of Deacons Saints -- Endnotes -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Names.; Author is an Episcopal deacon.

Subjects: Deacons; Deacons - Anglican Communion; Deacons - Episcopal Church; Deaconesses