The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Department for Theology and Studies has published a new book titled The Diaconal Ministry in the Mission of the Church.
The 108-page publication includes the main presentations at an LWF global consultation on the diaconal ministry in the Lutheran churches, held in November 2005, in São Leopoldo, Brazil. The book includes the consultation’s final statement, in which the representatives of LWF member churches from all over the world, request the LWF member churches to reexamine and reorder their ministerial structures in such a way that they reflect diakonia as a core component of the mission of the church.
Excerpts from regional reports provide insight into the different ways in which the diaconal ministry is ordered within the Lutheran communion. It is hoped that this resource will provoke further reflection and discussion within the LWF member churches.
Copies can be ordered from the LWF Department for Theology and Studies, 150 Route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland, Tel. +41/22-791 6111, Fax +41/22-791 6630, E-mail Liesch@lutheranworld.org for CHF 12, EUR 8 or USD 10 plus postage and packaging. (190 words)
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