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  • the contentious issues. In the 1870s he called a meeting of ministers and deacons at his home to discuss disputed issues within the Mennonite Conference of
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  • with Curtis Cressman (bishop), preachers Elmer Grove and Moses Baer, and deacons Andrew Axt and Clarence Huber withdrew from Ontario Conference and organized
    6 KB (734 words) - 15:45, 25 November 2023
  • some were wholesale dealers. Many of them served the church of Almelo as deacons, and Gerrit Warnaars (1663-ca. 1728) was a lay preacher, serving at Almelo
    1 KB (255 words) - 07:52, 13 April 2014
  • remained seated and then ate together. The cup was handed by the elder to the deacons, or preachers, who took it to the members, who then passed it around until
    5 KB (812 words) - 00:59, 25 March 2020
  • because of his benevolence toward them. In Pausram occurred the death of the deacons Noah Weiss, 30 March 1606; Hans Summer, 23 September 1611; and exactly two
    3 KB (537 words) - 23:29, 15 January 2017
  • with the latter, the suspicion remained. A meeting of the ministers and deacons of the Lamist congregation became necessary. Before this meeting took place
    19 KB (2,942 words) - 14:21, 26 November 2018
  • unsalaried deacon, who is elected from the membership. Besides this, the poor fund of the Gemeindeverband is in the care of one of the deacons; this fund
    2 KB (291 words) - 23:58, 15 January 2017
  • not allowed to attend or vote at annual meetings. In October 1951, the deacons agreed to call a meeting “to work out the proposed change of the constitution
    9 KB (1,144 words) - 11:41, 22 February 2023
  • ministerial team included Bishop Steven Martin, Minister Johan Bergen, and Deacons John Harder and Jacob Martens. The language of worship is English. Directory
    3 KB (298 words) - 11:26, 25 October 2019
  • Until 1956 the congregation had only one deacon, but as the congregation grew and needs increased more deacons were elected and ordained. Kathy Paetkau
    10 KB (1,043 words) - 19:30, 11 October 2023
  • Aldendorp, Arent van Heuven, Johan (Jan) Andries van Aken, and a number of deacons, who took a more moderate view. The troubles led to the excommunication
    2 KB (314 words) - 03:16, 12 April 2014
  • Mennonites in Pennsylvania to send leaders  who could ordain ministers and deacons from the small group in Canada. In September 1801 six ministers replied
    3 KB (517 words) - 13:15, 26 October 2019
  • are held annually. Membership in 1987 was 1,954, with 49 ministers, 49 deacons, 71 youth workers, 154 Sunday school teachers, and 364 choir members. Mission
    3 KB (519 words) - 06:06, 5 December 2014
  • settlements of the Russian Empire; and the names of the elders, preachers, and deacons, with the towns or districts where they reside, in order that this book
    4 KB (600 words) - 00:53, 16 January 2017
  • ordained bishop in 1949, were serving as bishops in 1955. Ministers and deacons that have formerly served were Samuel Lantz, John M. Stoltzfus, Daniel Stoltzfus
    7 KB (708 words) - 11:46, 11 March 2024
  • congregation, in Friesland 1759-ca. 1803. Some of his descendants were deacons at Akkrum (near Oldeboorn). The following members of this family went into
    4 KB (626 words) - 21:11, 13 April 2014
  • career in the field of business as well as congregational affairs. He was deacon of the Emden church from 1872 until the end of his life. He played a prominent
    2 KB (387 words) - 18:18, 28 July 2018
  • partly also the execution of this task. A complete list of preachers and deacons from 1557 to the present has been preserved. The first minister of De Rijp
    7 KB (1,018 words) - 00:51, 16 January 2017
  • Goor apparently was a part of the Twenthe congregation. Prominent members (deacons?) at Goor in 1610 were Arend ten Cate, Andries Ollenvanger, Hindrik Willemsen
    2 KB (317 words) - 00:23, 12 October 2014
  • the new church a constitution, and helped them elect two leaders and two deacons. But the intervention of the city council brought the organization to a
    10 KB (1,472 words) - 00:00, 16 January 2017

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