Being a deacon involves a lot more than passing the offering plate. Let's discuss all aspects of being a deacon.
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This article articulates the leadership calling of Deacons at all levels of church governance and ministry. It relies heavily on the 2015 Diakonia Remixed report.
The voice of the Deacon is needed at Classis and at Synod. Diaconal Ministries Canada gives us seven reasons why this is true.
What do you call your benevolence ministry? We want to rename benevolence ministry with more current, recognizable language.
We hope this story inspires churches to trust God and follow Him into their communities, despite the risks and the unknowns.
This video resource is a great tool for Deacons and Community Engagement Teams as they educate their church membership on how to be meaningfully involved in community.
I asked him if I could share the good news of Jesus Christ. Ken looked at me with such a desperation in his eyes and a longing of hope to hear this good news.
In this webinar we explore ways to alleviate poverty while helping, rather than unknowingly harming, people who live in poverty. You’ll discover practical strategies to partner with your local and global community in overcoming poverty and injustice.
Whether you are a deacon looking for ways to connect with community or a team commissioned to do the same, these resources will help you through the planning and programming.
Deacons often are looking for ways to organize the functions of their mandate. This post looks at how to organize the functions and provides helpful links to additional resources.
We want to know: Does your church (or a church in your community) hold a Blue Christmas Service?
Is your church struggling through the orientation for new deacons, or wondering how to sustain good leadership practices? This short article is full of links and ideas to help your church do this well.
This reflection is taken from the 2015 CRCNA Synod Taskforce report called Diakonia Remixed. It is inspirational and deserves to be highlighted again!
Here are five principles adapted from The Lupton Center (Toxic Charity author) that can guide your church's engagement with its context.
When is a case management program appropriate? This book will help you assess the needs, gifts, calling, and hopes of the participant; develop a Development Covenant between mentor and participant; and follow up and evaluate the process.
This book will help you determine whether your church programs adequately recognize and utilize the gifts that God has already placed in the people you serve.
I'm curious how many CRC church members seek help outside of their Church community rather than contacting their own Deacons. What have you seen or found?
Elders and deacons sometimes enter their work with great eagerness but little awareness of what they are supposed to do. What comes next? Frustration.
This issue of For Deacons focuses on how the local diaconate can ensure that its agenda flows effectively from its context of church and community.
In 2019, a brand new Youth Justice Initiative will be launched! Teens from across Canada will be encouraged to work with the deacons in their church as they identify an injustice in their community.
Few churches would say they aren’t interested in sharing God’s heart for their community. This workbook provides those tools and resources that will help you imagine your community the way God sees it.
This book will help you learn what your church can do to tackle injustice in your community.
The way churches organize the role of deacons varies dramatically. What is your experience?
Will you share your church's best practices around tracking ministry outcomes resulting from your visioning process?
This book will help you discover the difference between relief and development ministries, and assess your church’s programs.
This article takes a look at the mandate that both the CRCNA and the RCA have for the office of Deacon and extrapolates a suggested approach to setting the Deacon's agenda from these mandates.