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Common Vows and Common Mission
Susanne Watson Epting
This essay explores the type of leadership found among
deacons today, as well as the relationship of diaconal leaders to others, within
the context of the whole people of God. It establishes an understanding of the
diaconate as set forth by the 1979 Book
of Common Prayer and its relationship with the Baptismal Covenant. The
essay also explains that with this Prayer Book understanding comes
the charge from the church not only to lead through serving, but to lead through
exercising an interpretive and prophetic voice. It further provides examples of
diaconal leadership in today’s church.
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