UMC Ordination
Deacons could be appointed to the following areas:
Local Church (either rural or urban)
Within team ministry with emphasis on
- music ministry
- youth ministry
- Christian education
- church business administrator
- care of elderly shut-ins
- mission outreach into the local community
- ethnic ministries
- evangelism-parish visitor
A Group of Churches or District (either rural or urban)
- music ministry
- care of those affected by disasters such as drought or rural crisis
- ministry with ethnics
- mission strategy
- ministry in newly-developing housing areas
- youth ministry
- regional programs for disabled, unemployed, homeless, residential care for children and young people, hospice care for sick and dying
- alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs
- counseling services and ministry to married, widowed, separated and divorced
- nurturing ministries in parishes
- outreach ministry in inner-city and lowincome areas
- counseling
Agencies
- community centers
- hospitals
- schools
- prisons
- aged-care facilities
- industry
- counseling
- general agencies
Parish Missions
- care of children, elderly, homeless, unemployed, disabled, alcoholics
- parish nurse
Ethnic Communities
- community development
- youth ministry
- Christian education
- ministry with women and children
- health care
Annual Conference
- social justice
- mission strategy
- overseas mission
- youth ministry
- administration
- community service
- campus ministry