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The Deaconesses, or Sisters, of the Fellowship Deaconry of Liberty Corner, New Jersey, trace their spiritual
roots back to the late 1800s in Eastern Germany. There, a revival movement attracted young men and women to lives of service
as pastors, missionaries, and deaconesses. Early in the 1920s, thousands of German people immigrated to the United States
to escape the economic crisis that had gripped their country. While trying to make adjustments to their new homes, many of
the German immigrants pleaded with the headquarters of the Fellowship Deaconry back in Germany to send deaconesses to help
them as teachers and nurses in their communities. The Fellowship Deaconry is now the headquarters for fourteen chapels throughout
the United States and Canada, keeping alive their German heritage and a commitment to God.
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