Every church, practically and functionally, has to come down on a position. You’re either going to install women into the office of deacon—or not.

In 1987, Deacon Anthony Liguori became an Elvis tribute artist to help preserve the artist’s legacy. In concerts, he plays ...

Cardinal Walter Kasper, a respected German theologian and a longtime conservative voice at the Vatican, told a German church ...

The synod concluded without movement on the question of women deacons, but kept the issue open. That was frustrating to advocates but also has helped some remain hopeful.

The evidence is truly overwhelming. In Paul’s letters, we read about “Phoebe, our sister, who is a deacon [diakonos] of the church at Cenchreae” (Rom 16,1-2). Notice that in the original Greek, the ...

In an act unbecoming of a church deacon and a former government employee, a 61-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his niece. After her uncle raped her in 2017 ...

A 61-year-old former Department of Public Service and Administration official and deacon at the International Assemblies of God Church has been sentenced to life in prison for raping his 10-year ...

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has suspended one of its pastors, Pastor Ayorinde AdeBello, and Deacon Oke Mayowa, from office over allegations of homosexuality against young people in ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in ... according to the Vatican's Central Office of Church Statistics. By contrast, the United Nations ...

But Wake’s past three wins were all close games, by 4, 3 and 3 points. How have the Demon Deacons found ways to win these games? “They lost to Virginia in a close game early on. Then they lost ...

And one fan-favourite on the Kevin James sitcom was "Deacon," played by actor Victor Williams. What ever happened to the ...

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