Word: deaconness
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...subscription form enquires, "Will you perform the duties of ruling elder (or deacon) in obedience to Jesus Christ, under the authority of the Scriptures, and under the continuing instruction and guidance of the confessions of this Church?" The differences between the old and new forms of the question make clear how the church expects its members hence forth to do their theology. Jesus Christ is to be obeyed; the Scriptures are "the unique and authoritative witness to Jesus Christ in the Church catholic"; and the nine confessions are for "continuing instruction and guidance." The elders who enquired about possible jeopardy...
...founding pastor of the church and still ringmaster of its multitudinous activities is the Rev. Gordon Cosby, 49. Born in Virginia, the son of a Baptist deacon, Cosby was ordained a minister of his father's church after graduating from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. During World War II, as a chaplain to an infantry glider regiment that landed in Normandy with the 101st Airborne Division, Cosby began to think about the possibility of a new kind of ecumenical congregation based upon personal commitment rather than creed. While in Europe, he formed the experimental Airborne Christian Church, which...
...Constantine to succeed 86-year-old Archbishop Chrysostomos, who was retired by the new military government (TIME, May 19), leronymos promises to bring a breath of needed fresh air to Greece's dormant, dominant church. A native of the marble-quarrying island of Tinos, leronymos was ordained a deacon in 1932, earned scholarships to theological schools in England and Germany. He is an expert in canon law, with 90 published works to his credit, has a doctorate in divinity from the University of Athens. After World War II, he came to Queen Frederika's attention by leading...
...doubleplay combination in baseball history, and catcher Jim Pagliaroni once played for the Red Sox. The Corsairs don't have a stopper or a dependable reliever, but their staff is competent and lovable: Woody Fryman is a tobacco farmer, Bob Veale is suing Sport Magazine for a million dollars, "Deacon" Law could be mayor of Pittsburgh or Meridian, Idaho, with no contest, Dennis Ribant is a Met who might make good, Elroy Face ... To understand why baseball will always be the national pastime, tune in the Pirates some night when they're down 3-0 going into the seventh...
...Exchange was searching for a new face to give some depth to its public image, it chose as president George Keith Funston, then head of Trinity College. Last week the pendulum swung the other way when Connecticut's Wesleyan University announced that its new president will be Edwin Deacon Etherington, 41, president of the American Stock Exchange...