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- of Jülich the records showed an office of teaching and baptizing and of deacons for the poor. About 1550 an elder Leitgen died, and in 1550 the "principal141 KB (17,966 words) - 14:22, 17 March 2023
- (Pauw, Pou), an Anabaptist martyr, a maker of blocks for ships. He was a deacon in the Amsterdam congregation, preached nonresistance, condemning all use2 KB (379 words) - 12:54, 9 May 2020
- the ministry in the Jura and Emmental from early times. Michael Gerber, a deacon living in the Jura, immigrated to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1822 and became5 KB (739 words) - 21:10, 13 April 2014
- organized a congregation here, choosing William Gottschall (1784-1875) as their deacon, and built their own meetinghouse of stone just outside Schwenksville. In4 KB (529 words) - 17:52, 17 March 2014
- Bechtel, ordained in 1804, was the first minister and Jacob Bechtel the first deacon. The Wanner and Hagey (Preston) congregations both evolved from this group8 KB (847 words) - 16:15, 20 May 2022
- Amish Mennonite Church in his home community. There in 1890 he was chosen as deacon, one year later as preacher, and in 1906 as bishop, D. J. Johns performing4 KB (529 words) - 22:57, 15 January 2017
- were Mennonite Church ministers. Two daughters are ministers' wives, one a deacon's wife, and the fourth daughter is Rhoda Wenger, a missionary in Tanganyika3 KB (537 words) - 22:57, 15 January 2017
- nurses were built on the farm of Abram B. Eshleman, Millersville-Rohrerstown deacon. The chairmen of its Board of Directors have included John H. Mellinger1 KB (275 words) - 07:56, 20 February 2014
- congregation had a membership of 81 in 1953, with a staff of two ministers and two deacons, all ordained at this place. Harvey Yost was the minister in charge in the4 KB (476 words) - 17:08, 7 January 2021
- pride. The early exceptions to the above were two alms books containing the deacon's annual report of the alms funds together with the signatures of all the11 KB (1,499 words) - 16:52, 9 October 2018
- were N. L. Hershberger, James Bucher, and Jacob Roth; O. W. King was the deacon. The congregation withdrew from the Pacific District Conference in 19672 KB (260 words) - 11:49, 11 March 2018
- well-known Elder Lubbert Gerritsz and a son of Jacob Thonis (Theunissen), a deacon of the Waterlander congregation of Amsterdam; his brother Lambert Jacobsz3 KB (514 words) - 00:31, 16 January 2017
- mother's side of the noted Mennonite leader Lubbert Gerritsz, a son of the deacon Jacob Teunis, and a brother of Anthoni Jacobsz, was an elder of the Waterlander3 KB (510 words) - 22:12, 24 November 2015
- native of Upper Gelre. He was married to Fyken Gerlacx van Megen. He was a deacon at Illikhoven about 1550 and after the martyrdom of Theunis van Hastenrath5 KB (857 words) - 00:34, 16 January 2017
- Martin’s. John W. Brubacher, one of the original trustees was ordained as a deacon in 1847. His daughter Esther was the first burial in 1856. The congregation10 KB (1,228 words) - 13:57, 2 May 2024
- Danzig (Marienwerder, 1780). In the preface the elders, ministers, and deacons state that the book was to a large extent the work of the late Elder Hans29 KB (4,259 words) - 23:53, 10 September 2023
- in 1938, built of logs, with room for 150 persons. One minister and two deacons have been ordained in the history of the church. The meetings include weekly4 KB (615 words) - 14:21, 14 August 2020
- formal student membership during the academic year, including election of deacons and semi-annual celebration of the Lord's Supper. Regular participation54 KB (6,732 words) - 13:27, 1 June 2022
- the same year as the first, carried an endorsement from 27 ministers and deacons of the influential Lancaster Mennonite community. Before the 19th century17 KB (2,572 words) - 13:55, 31 December 2018
- their first worship service. The tent was erected on the homestead of their deacon, Aaron Biehn. They worshipped God, thanking him for safe travel and asking5 KB (713 words) - 16:22, 2 July 2022