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'''Deacon''' is an English translation of the [[Koine Greek]] word ''diakonos'' found in various places in the [[New Testament]]. | '''Deacon''' is an English translation of the [[Koine Greek]] word ''diakonos'' found in various places in the [[New Testament]]. | ||
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In some Christian traditions ([[Eastern Orthodoxy]], [[Roman Catholicism]], [[Anglican Church|Anglicanism]], [[Methodism]], etc.) a ''deacon'' is a clergy person who usually serves a local church or churches and who has been ordained to a ministry of Word and Service. In other Christian traditions ([[Calvinism|Presbyterianism]], the [[Baptist|Baptists]], etc.), a ''deacon'' is a lay person charged with serving as an administrator in a local church. | In some Christian traditions ([[Eastern Orthodoxy]], [[Roman Catholicism]], [[Anglican Church|Anglicanism]], [[Methodism]], etc.) a ''deacon'' is a clergy person who usually serves a local church or churches and who has been ordained to a ministry of Word and Service. In other Christian traditions ([[Calvinism|Presbyterianism]], the [[Baptist|Baptists]], etc.), a ''deacon'' is a lay person charged with serving as an administrator in a local church. | ||
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Deacon is an English translation of the Koine Greek word diakonos found in various places in the New Testament.
In some Christian traditions (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Methodism, etc.) a deacon is a clergy person who usually serves a local church or churches and who has been ordained to a ministry of Word and Service. In other Christian traditions (Presbyterianism, the Baptists, etc.), a deacon is a lay person charged with serving as an administrator in a local church.
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