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{{summay | text=Deacon is an English translation of the [[Koine Greek]] word ''diakonos'' found in various places in the [[New Testament]]. In some Christian traditions ([[Eastern Orthodoxy]], [[Roman Catholicism]], [[Anglican Church|Anglicanism]], [[Methodism]], etc.) a ''deacon'' is a clergy person who usually serves a local church or churches and who has been ordained to a ministry of Word and Service. In other Christian traditions ([[Calvinism|Presbyterianism]], the [[Baptist|Baptists]], etc.), a ''deacon'' is a lay person charged with serving as an administrator in a local church.}}
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