Rite of Ordination

Rite of Ordination
Author: Catholic Church
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2003-10
Genre: Ordination (Liturgy)
ISBN: 9781574555455

Guide for Deacons

Guide for Deacons
Author: Bob Puhala
Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1616710462

Daily Devotions for Deacons

Daily Devotions for Deacons
Author: Russell R. Cook
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1490892370

Inspired, well-trained, and spiritually mature deacons can be a mighty force for the church, and local American churches need their servants to excel in their ministry and service to the Body of Christ now more than ever. Most pastors and deacons in America are sincere in their desire to serve, but many do not receive enough advanced orientation, and even more receive no ongoing training at all. This lack can create much frustration and may even overwhelm deacons and their families as they try to manage the minefields of ministry. Daily Devotions for Deacons, by Russell R. Cook, guides deacons in daily preparation for their enormous and invaluable task and inspires them to become all Christ means for them to be. This guide for deacons offers a year of brief yet deeply spiritual and relevant biblical devotions. For a few moments a day, five days a week, all who desire to live as fully devoted followers of Christ will benefit from Cooks years of teaching and training pastors and deacons across America. By learning the principles and qualities necessary for a strong, effective ministry, and by applying these same qualities of service in everyday life, we begin to fulfill our God-given role and draw ever closer to His presence and His truth.

The Promise of Obedience

The Promise of Obedience
Author: Leon F. Strieder
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780814660164

Examines the promise of obedience in the rite of ordination, particularly the 1991 addition of a second promise for religious, deacons and priests to the bishop. The work connects the theological issues of the promise of obedience with their historical development in ordination rituals and religious vows.

What Does God Really Promise?

What Does God Really Promise?
Author: Carolyn Larsen
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2016-11-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1496425227

God makes hundreds of promises to his children. Promises of protection, forgiveness, hope, eternal life . . . Cheerful artwork with a modern whimsical style wraps around honest, easy-to-understand answers to your toughest questions about church, eternal life and the future, and what God really promises to his people. What Does God Really Promise? will inspire and offer comfort as you grow closer to God and gain a better understanding of who he is, why church is important, and what the future holds for those who believe. Also serves as a heartfelt gift of love and promise to those who are considering faith or are new believers.

Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons

Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons
Author: Catholic Church. Congregatio pro Institutione Catholica
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1998
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781574552423

From the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Congregation for the Clergy.

National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States

National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States
Author: Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2005
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781574553680

The national directory addresses the dimensions and perspectives in the formation of deacons and the model standards for the formation, ministry, and life of deacons in the United States. It is intended as a guideline for formation, ministry, and life of permanent deacons and a directive to be utilized when preparing or updating a diaconate program in formulating policies for the ministry and life of deacons. This volume also includes Basic Standards for Readiness for the formation of permanent deacons in the United States, from the bishops' Committee on the Diaconate, and the committee document Visit of Consultation Teams to Diocesan Permanent Diaconate Formation Programs.

The Deacon Ministry Handbook

The Deacon Ministry Handbook
Author: Alan Witham
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2023-01-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1087766893

If you ask any pastor what keeps their church moving forward, they will likely point to the serving work of the deacon. These special men are the foundation of healthy churches because of their unique servant leadership role, no matter the church size. Typically, they visit the homebound and the sick as they care and pray for those in need. Seeing the actions of these servants assists aspiring deacons in understanding what a deacon does, but it does not equate to understanding what a deacon is. Through this book, Alan Witham, Steve Rice, and their teammates bring clarity to the role of deacon by providing a practical guide that serves as The Deacon Ministry Handbook. The authors bring decades of local church experience having served as deacons, pastors, and consultants.

Deacons

Deacons
Author: Matt Smethurst
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 143357165X

How Can Deacons Mobilize Service in the Church? Deacons are essential to a church's health—yet confusion abounds regarding their biblical job description. What's their God-given role in a local congregation and how do they relate to the church's overall mission? In this short book, Matt Smethurst makes the case that deacons are model servants called to meet tangible needs, organize and mobilize acts of service, preserve the unity of the flock, and support the ministry of the elders. Clearing away common misconceptions, Smethurst offers practical guidance for deploying deacons and helping churches to flourish.

The Emerging Diaconate

The Emerging Diaconate
Author: William T. Ditewig
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0809144492

Sketches the current state of the permanent diaconate, especially in the United States, then offers the historical developments which led to the contemporary diaconate, and finally, suggests a vision of the diaconate for the future, always within the matrix of a servant-ecclesiology which should characterize the entire Church.