Table of Contents
Preface v
1 Creating a New Vision; Setting the Stage for a Renewed Order 1
Six Long Years 4
Imagining New Possibilities, Reenvisioning the Church 7
Influences, Asides, and Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi 11
2 Waves and Ways of Being 17
Riding the Waves 17
3 Shaped by a New Prayer Book 35
The Total Ministry of the Church 39
4 Shaped by Living-The Fifth Wave as a Decade of Definition 47
5 Living in the Fifth Wave-Wading into a Sixth 61
From Definition to Interpretation 61
6 The Sixth Wave-Interpretation and Prophetic Voice 79
7 Wading More Deeply into the Seventh Wave-Up to Our Waists Integrating All We've Learned 97
Theological Education for the Anglican Communion (TEAC) 99
The Constable Fund Grant for a Partnership Project between the Office for Ministry Development and the North American Association for the Diaconate 103
Principles Common to Quality Deacon Formation Programs 108
Proclaiming Education for All (PEALL) 110
The Diaconate and Called to Common Mission 113
Changing Assignments in Diocesan Contexts and New Relationships with Church-Wide Offices 118
8 Seven Waves and Room for More 123
Interpretation, Integration, Ebbing, Flowing, and Unexpected Consequences 123
Baptismal Identity 125
On Engaging the Diakonia of All Believers 127
The Diaconare as Adaptable and Contextual 132
The Importance of Diaconal Community 141
Unexpected but Critical-The Charge to Be Interpreters 148
9 Are We There Yet? 155
Thoughts about Educational Content and Process … 156
Promotion of Both the Diaconate and the Diakonia of All Believers 159
New Models of Ministry 161
Diaconal Spirituality 162
Attention to Youth and Young Adults 164
Postscript 171
Acknowledgments 173
Appendix 1 Deacons Are in the Picture 175
Appendix 2 Citizens of the World-Servants of Christ 183
Appendix 3 Principles of Orderly Exchange 193
Notes 195