The Church of North India

Ecumenical Review, The, July, 2002 by D.K. Sahu

4. It can be exercised as full or part time, stipendiary or non-stipendiary as per the need and context of each diocese.

5. Ordinarily a person shall not be made a deacon till he has reached the age of twenty-five.

6. The deacons under this provision shall be recognized as deacons within the threefold ministry of bishops, presbyters and deacons.

7. They in their ordination to the diaconate shall be required to make a public confession of the particular life long vocation, and commitment to it for life.

NOTES

(1) Constitution of CNI: Part I, Chapter 1, Section VIII, Sub-section A, Clause 16, 18, 24, p.29.

(2) The Diaconate as Ecumenical Opportunity: The Hanover Report of the Anglican-Lutheran International Commission, London, Anglican Communion Publications, 1996.

Contact: Rt Rev. Dr D.K. Sahu, Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Himalaya, Church of North India, Bishop's Lodge, P.B. 4, Darjeeling--734 101, India, tel. 91.354 52.208, 91.354 53.882, email bpsahuehd@sify.com--Dr V.S. Lall, General Secretary, Church of North India Synod, CNI Bhavan, 16 Pandit Marg, New Delhi 110 001, India, tel. 91.11 373.10.79, fax 91.11 371.69.01, email gscni@nda.vsnl.net.in, web site http://www.cnisynod.org/