| Both authors raise the issue of restoring the long disused order of deaconesses. |
| He arranged for several deaconesses to work abroad, not only in North America but also in Russia, Estonia, and Bessarabia. |
| After a short introduction on the role of deacons and deaconesses, Swan relates the brief stories of sixteen such female ministers. |
| Deacons and deaconesses were appointed as needed to run the kitchen, the housekeeping, the garden, the farm, etc. |
| Churches have a difficult time finding elders, deacons or deaconesses to serve. |
| She has also proposed a creative revival of the order of deaconesses that once existed in the Eastern Church. |
