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• Hoek, Kornelis van (d. 1722)
  congregation, but seems to have left the congregation in 1695, when the deacons had thwarted the Collegiants, who had been holding their meetings in the
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• Menno Mennonite Church (Menno Colony, Alto Paraguay Department, Paraguay)
  elder from the beginning, was assisted by twenty-one preachers and six deacons. In 1953 (according to Fretz) there was only one meetinghouse in the colony
  2 KB (327 words) - 14:10, 23 August 2013
• Poole, Le, family
  been loyal members of the Mennonite Church and many of them have served as deacons at Leiden. They were usually prosperous textile manufacturers. Anthony's
  2 KB (341 words) - 21:15, 13 April 2014
• Glad Tidings Mennonite Fellowship (Tara, Ontario, Canada)
  Bishop Rodney Weber, Ministers Abner Brubacher and Michael Martin, and Deacons Arliss Brubacher and Cleon Weber. Brubacher, Abner. "Glad Tidings Mennonite
  2 KB (299 words) - 11:25, 25 October 2019
• Stouffer Mennonite Church (Washington County, Maryland, USA)
  Ministers Clifford E. Martin, Lavern E. Martin, and David W. Rudolph and Deacons Verne I. Lehman and Edward S. Martin. In that year church membership was
  2 KB (298 words) - 14:01, 24 October 2017
• Rogge family
  served the West Zaandam Frisian congregation as deacons. Adriaan Rogge (1736-1826), manufacturer and also a deacon of this church, was one of the leaders in
  2 KB (356 words) - 07:44, 13 April 2014
• Zürich (Switzerland)
  have a charity fund for the aid of the poor, administered by a "treasurer (deacon?) which received legacies and gifts and even owned a small farm near Sihlbrugg
  35 KB (5,028 words) - 11:13, 21 January 2019
• North Danvers Mennonite Church (Danvers, Illinois, USA)
  represented the three orders of the Amish ministry: bishops, ministers, and deacons. The new church building was erected in 1872 and remodeled in 1917. The
  9 KB (853 words) - 23:43, 5 December 2022
• Crystal View Mennonite Church (Floradale, Ontario, Canada)
  the plural ministry in the local congregation of bishop, ministers and deacons (chosen from the congregation) who form a permanent body to lead in church
  6 KB (871 words) - 15:17, 7 August 2017
• Pleasant View Old Order (Wisler) Mennonite Church (Mahoning County, Ohio, USA)
  80 members in the late 1950s. In 1872 preacher Samuel Good (1810-83) and deacons David Weaver (1819-90) and Christian Lehman (1832-1912) with about 16 families
  2 KB (333 words) - 19:27, 20 August 2013
• Halbertsma (Halbetsma) family
  large progeny, many of whom served in several Mennonite congregations as deacons. Lieuwe E. Halbertsma (b. 1824 at Grouw, d. Lippspringe, Germany, 1854)
  2 KB (354 words) - 07:54, 13 April 2014
• Christen, Christen (17th century)
  imprisoned in 1659 at Bern, Switzerland, with six of his fellow preachers and deacons. They had to choose between joining the Reformed Church, expulsion, or death
  3 KB (437 words) - 08:40, 19 December 2014
• Pekelharing family
  of the Pekelharing family served the Zaandam-Oostzijde congregation as deacons, as for example Willem Jan Pekelharing (1851-1933), a merchant who was also
  2 KB (352 words) - 15:50, 20 January 2014
• Hovens family
  side-branch of this family is the Hovens Greve family, of which there have been deacons until now. Koenraad Hovens Greve (1779-1874) of Haarlem served as pastor
  2 KB (357 words) - 07:06, 12 April 2014
• Vissering family
  with the Lamists in 1801 to the United Mennonite church. Some of them were deacons at Amsterdam. This family furnished two Mennonite preachers, i.e., Jacobus
  2 KB (372 words) - 15:34, 1 March 2016
• Tak family
  respectively. Many of the Taks until recent times served the church as deacons at Vlissingen, Zierikzee, Middelburg, Brouwershaven, Rotterdam, Leiden,
  3 KB (415 words) - 11:12, 27 April 2014
• Chortitz Mennonite Church (Menno Colony, Alto Paraguay Department, Paraguay)
  of Menno. In 1949 the membership was 1,105, served by 11 ministers and 4 deacons with Martin C. Friesen of Osterwick as elder. Church services are held regularly
  2 KB (355 words) - 03:10, 13 April 2014
• Jansz, Arent (1610-1679)
  Arents and his father-in-law Jan Jansz Mabe of Groningen were preachers or deacons in the Flemish congregation, and had attended the debate held at Middelstum
  2 KB (393 words) - 02:57, 22 November 2015
• Wisler, Jacob (1808-1889)
  union were born at least seven chil­dren, including David (1830-1902), a deacon. In 1833 Jacob was ordained to the ministry in the Mid­way Mennonite (MC)
  4 KB (576 words) - 17:06, 16 November 2016
• Old Colony Mennonite Church (La Crete, Alberta, Canada)
  total of 2,300 attending. The church was served by seven ministers and 20 deacons, along with the elder. Besides the four church buildings, services were
  9 KB (1,387 words) - 14:13, 11 April 2020

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