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Advancing the Diaconate
is a groundbreaking collaborative effort by The Fund for the Diaconate of The Episcopal Church and the Association for Episcopal Deacons. The Fund and AED support and improve the lives of Episcopal deacons throughout their ministry – from discernment and postulancy, through ordination, all the way through retirement – the entire lifespan of a deacon.
Deacons are critical to the future of The Episcopal Church. Together, with your help, we can do more for deacons and the Church, now and well into the future. Episcopal deacons and the diaconate face UNIQUE CHALLENGES
CAMPAIGN GOALS for The Fund for the Diaconate
Add your support to Advancing the DiaconateJoin us in the special first-ever joint campaign. You’re already a part of the Jesus Movement. Three easy steps will contribute to helping deacons and the diaconate.
The Fund's legal name: The Fund for the Diaconate of The Episcopal Church
Tax ID: 23-7125960 |
“Diaconal ministry is at the core of who we are as the Jesus Movement in our time.”
~ Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, April 2021 SUSTAIN Together, The Fund and AED sustain deacons and the diaconate through complementary programs and grants.
EMPOWER United, we empower deacons as servant-leaders in the world to inspire all Christians to live into their baptismal covenant. TRANSFORM With God’s help, we transform the diaconate, the Church, and the world. |
Deacon Videos
This Video Series, produced by The Fund for the Diaconate and the Association for Episcopal Deacons, features deacons being interviewed about their ministry, plus the rewards and challenges they experience. Videos also highlight the ways The Fund and AED are working to support deacons in all stages of their ministry.
Working together to benefit Episcopal Deacons, the Church and the world.
The Fund for the Diaconate of The Episcopal Church was founded in 1927 by the Order of Deaconesses to assist their sisters in retirement. The Fund continues to this day to assist deacons in financial need, primarily near the end of life.
The Fund will use donors’ gifts to expand its mission to provide all deacons with adequate tools for personal financial stewardship and funds for continuing education, and to envision new ways to attend to the general welfare of a rapidly growing diaconate. |
The Association for Episcopal Deacons (AED) is a professional association of persons and dioceses within The Episcopal Church and The Anglican Church of Canada. AED’s mission is to support deacons in their unique call to empower all baptized persons in their call to diakonia, service to the world in the name of God.
AED will use donors’ gifts to adapt its work to support today’s deacons, and to increase access to the order for nontraditional candidates. Visit the Association for Episcopal Deacons to see their goals. |
Questions? Please contact The Fund's Treasurer, Deacon Robert Franken.
Thank you for your support of deacons and diaconal ministry!