Resources…
Discerning the Diaconate
This short paper is designed to help Vocations Advisers, DDOs and Bishops’ Advisers in their discernment of candidates with a vocation to the distinctive diaconate. It surveys some of the current thinking about the diaconate within the Church of England, but it does not attempt to be the last word on the subject.
Download (PDF) - posted: July 2011
Grass Roots Social Responsibility

Models and Perspectives of Church Social Work & Diakonia in England
A Paper by Ann Wren, former president of DACE, to a conference in
Heidelberg 2006.
Download (PDF) - posted: 2006
Related Links
The Mission and Ministry of the Whole Church (churchofengland.org)
The Distinctive Diaconate: A Report to the Board of Ministry, the Diocese of Salisbury January 2003 (amazon.co.uk)
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