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The Diaconal Order

The Methodist Diaconal Order (MDO) is a vibrant, prayerful community of people called to embody Christ’s love in practical, transformative service.

It is both an Order of Ministry and a Religious Order within the Methodist Church in the UK.

Formed in 1989, rooted in the legacy of the Wesley Deaconess Order, the Order is open to people of all genders who feel drawn to a life of service, witness and devotion.

Deacons are one of the two types of ordained ministers in the Methodist Church, the other being presbyters.

Diaconal ministry offers a distinctive pathway of ministry focused on nurturing community, enabling others in their discipleship and helping the Church live out its calling to be a sign of God’s hope in the world.

Our mission

Remember your call. Support the weak, bind up the broken,

gather in the outcast, welcome the stranger, seek the lost.

So minister care that you make glad those whom you help in their need.

Let the concerns and sorrows of others be as your own.

  • Intentionally nurture, encourage and build community.
  • Discern and relate to the needs of the community in which we live and work; and those we minister to and serve faithfully with patience and understanding.
  • Minister Christ’s love and compassion.
  • Proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ through our words and actions.
  • Promote justice and challenge inequality through prayer and action.
  • Help those we serve to offer their lives to.