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DIAKONIA World Federation reelects president at global gathering
DIAKONIA World Federation, an ecumenical association of diaconal communities, reelected Sandy Boyce, a deacon of the Uniting Church in Australia, as its president at its recent global assembly in Chicago.
The gathering of 400 deacons, deaconesses, and diaconal ministers from 28 countries also celebrated DIAKONIA’s 70th anniversary.
In a talk titled “Visions for the Future,” Boyce recalled the founding of the modern deaconess movement in 1836 by Theodore Fliedner, a Lutheran pastor in Germany.
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